commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

Ain Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it ...

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France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

Belley Belley () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. History Belley is of Roman origin, and in the 5th century became an episcopal see. It was the capital of the province of Bugey, which was a dependency of Savoy till 1601, when i ...

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

Savoie Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population of ...

Isère Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.Aoste, in the Isère department. It borders the communes of

Groslée-Saint-Benoît Groslée-Saint-Benoît () is a commune in the Ain department of eastern France. The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2016 and consists of the former communes of Groslée and Saint-Benoît.Prémeyzel Prémeyzel () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Population The inhabitants of the town are called ''Prémeyzélans''. See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain dep ...

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Izieu Izieu () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies on the river Rhône, between the cities of Lyon and Chambéry. Site of World War II Jewish orphanage Izieu was the site of a Jewish orphanage during the Second World War ...

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Murs-et-Gélignieux Murs-et-Gélignieux () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in ...

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Champagneux Champagneux is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Savoie department The following is a list of the 273 communes of the Savoie department of Fra ...

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Saint-Genix-les-Villages Saint-Genix-les-Villages is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers (the seat), Gresin and Sa ...

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Les Avenières-Veyrins-Thuellin Les Avenières-Veyrins-Thuellin () is a commune in the Isère department of southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Les Avenières and Veyrins-Thuellin.Jura mountains The Jura Mountains ( , , , ; french: Massif du Jura; german: Juragebirge; it, Massiccio del Giura, rm, Montagnas da Jura) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the Frenc ...

. On the north, it is bordered by the

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. The Lake and Falls of Glandieu are located in the commune near the hamlet of the same name.

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The commune is on the D19 highway coming from

Sault-Brénaz Sault-Brénaz is a Communes of France, commune in the Ain Departments of France, department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ain department References

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and going to the northwest. This becomes the D992 south of the commune and heads north toward

Belley Belley () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. History Belley is of Roman origin, and in the 5th century became an episcopal see. It was the capital of the province of Bugey, which was a dependency of Savoy till 1601, when i ...

. The D10 passes north of the commune, connecting the D19 to the D992 without following the Rhône. The closest motorway is the A43, accessed at the Chimilin–Les Abrets exit a few kilometers south of the commune.

Sights

* Château de la Barre * Ruins of the feudal

Château de Cordon The Château de Cordon is a ruined feudal castle in the ''commune'' of Brégnier-Cordon in the Ain ''département'' of France. History The House of Cordon is one of the oldest in the historical region of Bugey. They were invested by the Hol ...

* Stone bridge over the

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

* Memorial to deported Jewish children * Dam and hydroelectric power station on the Rhône * Grotte de Liévrin : prehistoric cave classified as a ''

monument historique ''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...

'' in 1913 * Grotte de la Bonne Femme : natural cavity cut into the north flank of Cordon hill, occupied in paleolithic times and a ''monument historique'' since 1913 * Cascade de Glandieu : waterfall

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