Country France Department Ain Intercommunality Chalaronne-Centre Local time Wednesday 7:47 PM | Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse Area 8.91 km² Population 583 (2009) | |
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Canton Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans Weather 8°C, Wind S at 21 km/h, 77% Humidity | ||
Baneins is a French commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.
Contents
- Map of 01990 Baneins France
- Geography
- History
- Administration
- Demography
- Economy
- Sites and monuments
- Notable people linked to the commune
- References
Map of 01990 Baneins, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Athaniens or Athaniennes
Geography
Baneins occupies an area of 872 hectares 2 km west of Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne and 4 km north of Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans with an altitude varying between 215 and 271 metres. It can be accessed by the D17 road coming from Chatillon-sur-Chalarone in the east and continuing south-west to Chaneins. The D66 road comes from Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne in the north, through the village and continuing south to Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans. The D100 road runs off the D17 in the commune and goes to Peyzieux-sur-Saône to the west. There are two hamlets in the commune: Les Bilons and Les Bages; with almost all the rest of the commune farmland with a small area of forest in the south.
The commune is traversed from south to north by the Moignans river with the Bief Savuel and the Masanand streams joining it in the commune. The Moignans joins the Chalaronne river just north of the commune.
History
In the Middle Ages the parish was known as Athaneins but over the course of time the name Baneins, which was the name of the castle, replaced it. The etymology remains uncertain: the name Baneins is based on the German man's name Bano or Banno and the suffix -eins is very common in the Dombes area and comes from the suffix -ing which is commonly added to many Germanic names.
Baneins was a lordship before becoming Viscounty then a County under Louis XIII. The County became, with Béreins and Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne, the twelfth lordship under the sovereignty of Dombes.
Of the old castle built in the 13th century by Raoul de Baneins, a knight, who gave his name to the village, there remains no trace.
The abandonment of the name of Athaneins for Baneins was probably related to the identification of the locality to the hierarchy of the lords of Baneins.
Administration
List of Mayors of Baneins
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2010 the commune had 572 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune 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)
Economy
Agricultural activity is predominant in the commune. Livestock farming is still important despite a shift to grain production. The village also has a few small-scale traders (restaurant, body builder, plumber).