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![]() Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Ain |
No. of communes | 105 |
Subprefecture | Belley |
Area | 1,584.2 km2 (611.7 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 122,624 |
INSEE code | 011 |
The arrondissement of Belley is an arrondissement of France, in the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital is the city of Belley.
When the Ain department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Belley was part of that original department.[2]
It is the southernmost of the arrondissements of the department with an area of 1,394.5 km2 (538.4 sq mi).[3] It has 98,110 inhabitants and a density of 70.4 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement of Belley is in the southeastern part of department and is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Nantua, to the northeast by the Haute-Savoie department, to the east by the Savoie department, to the south by the Isère department and to the west by the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Belley, there are 3 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Belley and Lagnieu. The canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine has 1 commune in Belley, 2 in the arrondissement of Gex and 11 in the arrondissement of Nantua, the canton of Hauteville-Lompnes has 29 communes in Belley and 12 in Nantua, and the canton of Lagnieu has 22 communes in Belley and 4 in the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse.
The arrondissement of Belley has 115 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[6]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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01004 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 14,022 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey | Plaine de l'Ain |
01034 | Belley | 8,983 | Belley | Bugey Sud |
01244 | Meximieux | 7,539 | Meximieux | Plaine de l'Ain |
01202 | Lagnieu | 6,953 | Lagnieu | Plaine de l'Ain |
01185 | Hauteville-Lompnes | 3,829 | Hauteville-Lompnes | Plateau d'Hauteville |
01224 | Loyettes | 3,158 | Lagnieu | Plaine de l'Ain |
01138 | Culoz | 3,029 | Hauteville-Lompnes | Bugey Sud |
01007 | Ambronay | 2,570 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey | Plaine de l'Ain |
01384 | Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey | 2,265 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey | Plaine de l'Ain |
01345 | Saint-Denis-en-Bugey | 2,255 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey | Plaine de l'Ain |
01089 | Château-Gaillard | 1,999 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey | Plaine de l'Ain |