L'Abergement-de-Varey

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of L'Abergement-de-Varey

(2020–2026) Max Orset^[1]Area

9.15 km² (3.53 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

267 • Density29/km² (76/sq mi)Demonym(s)Abergementais, AbergementaisesTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

01002 /01640

Elevation290–748 m (951–2,454 ft)
(avg. 380 m or 1,250 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

L'Abergement-de-Varey (French pronunciation: [labɛʁʒəmɑ̃ də vaʁɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France.

Geography

The commune is located in the first foothills of the Bugey, not far from Pont-d'Ain. Highway 59 crosses the commune, which is situated on a hillside.

Name

There are four communes in Ain, with the name abergement, which is typical of the Jura, and also exists in Saône-et-Loire, Côte-d'Or, and Doubs; the other three are Le Petit-Abergement, Le Grand-Abergement, L'Abergement-Clémenciat. It apparently designated agricultural concessions granted from the 11th to the 15th century.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	88	—
1975	106	+2.69%
1982	136	+3.62%
1990	159	+1.97%
1999	168	+0.61%
2007	195	+1.88%
2012	235	+3.80%
2017	248	+1.08%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sights

Neo-roman church built in the 19th century
Monument to the Resistance

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
^ "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