Meximieux

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Meximieux

(2020–2026) Jean-Luc Ramel^[1]Area

13.80 km² (5.33 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,085 • Density590/km² (1,500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

01244 /01800

Elevation206–310 m (676–1,017 ft)
(avg. 226 m or 741 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Meximieux (French pronunciation: [mɛksimjø] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.^[3]

Geography

Located 35 km north east of Lyon and 10 km south west Ambérieu-en-Bugey, the town is where the Dombes plateau meets the plain of the river Ain. Historically, Meximieux was part of the former province of Bresse. Over the centuries, its importance has developed from its location on the main route between Lyon and Geneva, and it now lies on the Autoroute 42 from Lyon. Meximieux—Pérouges station has rail connections to Lyon, Ambérieu-en-Bugey and Chambéry.

History

Records of Meximieux date back to Roman times when it home to a small farming settlement called Maximiacus.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,565	—
1800	1,691	+1.11%
1806	1,805	+1.09%
1821	1,765	−0.15%
1831	1,997	+1.24%
1836	2,065	+0.67%
1841	2,086	+0.20%
1846	2,286	+1.85%
1851	2,473	+1.58%
1856	2,439	−0.28%
1861	2,552	+0.91%
1866	2,559	+0.05%
1872	2,387	−1.15%
1876	2,363	−0.25%
1881	2,276	−0.75%
1886	2,250	−0.23%
1891	2,137	−1.03%
1896	2,138	+0.01%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	2,340	+1.82%
1906	2,104	−2.10%
1911	1,858	−2.46%
1921	1,796	−0.34%
1926	1,895	+1.08%
1931	2,037	+1.46%
1936	2,044	+0.07%
1946	2,089	+0.22%
1954	2,132	+0.26%
1962	2,392	+1.45%
1968	2,669	+1.84%
1975	3,457	+3.76%
1982	4,253	+3.00%
1990	6,230	+4.89%
1999	6,840	+1.04%
2007	7,383	+0.96%
2012	7,304	−0.21%
2017	7,743	+1.17%

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

Its inhabitants are known as Meximiards.

International relations

The commune has developed a twin town agreement with:

Denkendorf, Germany since 1986. Located in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

Personalities

The town was the birthplace of Claude Favre de Vaugelas, a 17th-century grammarian and man of letters.

Resistance

Meximieux is one of the 17 French cities to be awarded with the medal of resistance (Médaille de la Résistance). The French resistants of Meximieux fought with the allies in an outstanding collaboration with the U.S. army. This resulted in the victory against a German counter offensive on Meximieux the 1 and 2 September 1944. U.S. Army General, Michael S. Davison, became an honorary citizen of Meximieux.

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.
^ "INSEE commune file". Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Meximieux, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 20 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE