Department Ain Canton Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey Area 14.1 km² | Intercommunality Vallée de l'Albarine Local time Tuesday 4:36 AM | |
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Arandas is a French commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.
Contents
- Map of 01230 Arandas France
- Geography
- History
- Administration
- Demography
- Notable people linked to the commune
- References
Map of 01230 Arandas, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arandassiens or Arandassiennes
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.
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.
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
(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.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)