Izernore

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Izernore

(2020–2026) Sylvie Comuzzi^[1]Area

20.86 km² (8.05 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,267 • Density110/km² (280/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

01192 /01580

Elevation450–650 m (1,480–2,130 ft)
(avg. 452 m or 1,483 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Izernore (French pronunciation: [izɛʁnɔʁ]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. An ancient Roman bronze hoard consisting of a patera and an oval dish was found in Izernore in 1845 and is now in the British Museum's collection.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	941	—
1800	978	+0.55%
1806	1,016	+0.64%
1821	1,057	+0.26%
1831	1,005	−0.50%
1836	985	−0.40%
1841	1,011	+0.52%
1846	1,103	+1.76%
1851	1,103	+0.00%
1856	1,084	−0.35%
1861	1,044	−0.75%
1866	1,011	−0.64%
1872	1,021	+0.16%
1876	1,064	+1.04%
1881	1,079	+0.28%
1886	1,129	+0.91%
1891	1,016	−2.09%
1896	932	−1.71%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	879	−1.16%
1906	757	−2.94%
1911	660	−2.71%
1921	633	−0.42%
1926	601	−1.03%
1931	563	−1.30%
1936	593	+1.04%
1946	553	−0.70%
1954	557	+0.09%
1962	548	−0.20%
1968	520	−0.87%
1975	682	+3.95%
1982	975	+5.24%
1990	1,170	+2.31%
1999	1,656	+3.94%
2007	2,230	+3.79%
2012	2,309	+0.70%
2017	2,247	−0.54%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Personalities

It was the birthplace of St. Eugendus (born c. 449).

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.
^ "British Museum Collection". Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Izernore, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 2 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE