Arandas, Ain

Arandas
The Town Hall
Arandas
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Arandas
Coordinates: 45°53′45″N 5°29′14″E / 45.8958°N 5.4872°E / 45.8958; 5.4872Coordinates: 45°53′45″N 5°29′14″E / 45.8958°N 5.4872°E / 45.8958; 5.4872
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey
Intercommunality	Vallée de l'Albarine
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Lionel Manos
Area¹	14.10 km² (5.44 sq mi)
Population (2010)²	163
• Density	12/km² (30/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	01013 / 01230
Elevation	455–939 m (1,493–3,081 ft) (avg. 720 m or 2,360 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Arandas is a French commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arandassiens or Arandassiennes^[1]

Geography

Arandas is some 50 km north-west of Aix-les-Bains and 10 km south-west of Hauteville-Lompnes. It can be accessed by the D104 from Argis in the north running south to the village then continuing south as the D104A through the heart of the commune to join the D32 south of the commune. The D104 itself reverses direction in the village and heads north-west to join the D73. The commune has some farmland but is heavily forested and mountainous. There are no villages or hamlets in the commune other than Arandas.^[2]

The Bossiere stream rises near the village and flows west to join the Galine river. The Ruisseau de Grinand also rises in the north of the commune, forming part of the northern boundary before flowing into the Galine.^[2]

Neighbouring communes and villages^[2]

Arandas

Villebois

Benonces

Rossillon

History

In the Middle Ages Arandas was a lordship with the most famous lord being the poet Claude Guichard in the 16th century. The commune was separated from Conand in 1865.

Administration

List of mayors of Arandas^[3]

From	To	Name
1995	2002	Pierre Ronchall
2002	2008	Gilbert Cagnin
2008	2014	Gérard Duclaux
2014	2020	Lionel Manos

(Not all data is known)

Demography

Before 1865 the demographics of Arandas included Conand.

In 2010, the commune had 163 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.^{[Note 1]}

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
1,108	1,181	1,218	1,106	1,132	1,165	1,210	1,209	1,127

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
1,144	1,101	543	534	520	508	500	485	459

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
445	418	382	301	281	279	242	227	182

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2007	2008
169	143	140	145	128	135	155	158	164

2009	2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
165	163	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Notable people linked to the commune

Anthelme Ferrand (1758-1834), politician, member of the Convention and the Council of Five Hundred was born in the commune.

Notes and references

Notes

↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

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Communes of the Ain department

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