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Country
  
France

Department
  
Ain

Intercommunality
  
Pont-de-Vaux

Area
  
17.47 km²

Arrondissement
  
Bourg-en-Bresse

Region
  
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Canton
  
Pont-de-Vaux

Population (2010)
  
399

Local time
  
Tuesday 7:27 AM

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind S at 16 km/h, 79% Humidity

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

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Map of 01190 Arbigny, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arbignerons or Arbigneronnes

Vol libre arbigny 2


Geography

Arbigny is some 20 km north of Mâcon and 40 km south by south-east of Chalon-sur-Saône. The commune can be accessed by the D933 from Sermoyer in the north passing through the centre of the commune and village and continuing south to Pont-de-Vaux. The D126 runs west from the village changing to the D163 at the border of the commune and continuing to Uchizy. There are two other hamlets in the commune - La Croix and La Varenne. About 80% of the commune is farmland with the rest being the forested eastern part.

The western border of the commune is formed by the Saône river. In the north and east there are ponds which are drained by the Biel d'Etang Neuf and the Biel d'Etang Butière which flow west to the Saône.

History

The area has been occupied since prehistoric times. The village was known as Albiniacus in the Middle Ages.

Administration

List of mayors of Arbigny

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 399 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.

Population Change (See database)

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

Sites and monuments

  • The remains of an old Fortified Chateau
  • A Napoleonic milestone dated 1808
  • A Stone marker commemorating the landing fields of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, on the road to Uchizy just before the bridge over the Saône. The code name of the landing field was "JUNOT".
  • A Plaque honouring two young resistance fighters (Dupasquier and Clairmidi) murdered by the Nazis in 1944 at a place called "La Varenne".

    • Protected natural areas

    The floodplains of the Saône Valley have been classified as protected areas since 1994.

    References

    Arbigny Wikipedia
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