Beauregard, Ain

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of Beauregard

(2024–2026) Nadia Guyon^[1]Area

0.94 km² (0.36 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

830 • Density880/km² (2,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

01030 /01480

Elevation168–240 m (551–787 ft)
(avg. 180 m or 590 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beauregard (French pronunciation: [boʁɡaʁ]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Géography

Beauregard is located in the south-western part of the Ain department in the fertile Val de Saône some 35 km north of Lyon and 2 km east of Villefranche-sur-Saône.

History

Beauregard takes its name from the castle built in 1290 by Gui de Chabeu on a hill overlooking the Saône and the hills of Beaujolais. The castle fell into ruin in about 1735. Restoration began in the 19th century and continues today.

A fire destroyed much of the village, and few old dwellings remain.

On 31 December 1954, Fareins-les-Beauregard was taken from Fareins and attached to Beauregard.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	584	—
1975	531	−1.35%
1982	666	+3.29%
1990	868	+3.37%
1999	817	−0.67%
2007	894	+1.13%
2012	866	−0.63%
2017	866	+0.00%
2021	830	−1.06%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 26 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE