Apremont, Ain

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Apremont

(2020–2026) Claude Doche^[1]Area

14.57 km² (5.63 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

383 • Density26/km² (68/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

01011 /01100

Elevation658–1,042 m (2,159–3,419 ft)
(avg. 850 m or 2,790 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Apremont (French pronunciation: [apʁəmɔ̃]) is a commune in the department of Ain in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.

Geography

Apremont is located halfway between Nantua and Oyonnax some 20 km north-west of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and 40 km east of Bourg-en-Bresse. The commune has an area of 1456 hectares and is bounded by the communes of Bellignat, Oyonnax, Charix, Nantua, Montreal-la-Cluse, Martignat, and Groissiat. The commune is composed of several villages including:

Petit Vallon
Grand Vallon
La Gotette
Ablatrix

There are also a few isolated farms such as Les Éterres, le Cree, and Molet.

The commune can be accessed by road D74 from Oyonnax in the north passing through the heart of the commune and the village and continuing to Nantua in the south. There is also access via the D95 from Charix in the south-west to the town. There are also several small roads in the commune. The commune consists of forest and mountain landscape.

The Lange river rises in the town and flows north to Oyonnax before turning south and joining the Oignin at Le Mollard.^[3]

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors of Apremont^[4]

From	To	Name
1995	2001	Jean-Pierre Girard
2001	2008	Charles Sonthonnax
2008	2020	Jean-Pierre Girard
2020	Present	Claude Doche

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	148	—
1975	200	+4.40%
1982	279	+4.87%
1990	341	+2.54%
1999	329	−0.40%
2007	333	+0.15%
2012	385	+2.94%
2017	376	−0.47%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Sights

Ruins of a castle built in the 13th century

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Google Maps
^ List of Mayors of France Archived 9 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 26 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE