Pougny, Ain

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Pougny

(2020–2026) Annie Marcelot^[1]Area

7.77 km² (3.00 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

796 • Density100/km² (270/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

01308 /01550

Elevation333–461 m (1,093–1,512 ft)
(avg. 406 m or 1,332 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pougny (French pronunciation: [puɲ'i]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

It lies near the border with Switzerland and is the first French village to be crossed by the Rhône, and a hydro-electric station constructed in 1926 which it shares with the Swiss village of Chancy is named after it.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	424	—
1975	543	+3.60%
1982	543	+0.00%
1990	600	+1.26%
1999	629	+0.53%
2009	781	+2.19%
2014	818	+0.93%
2020	803	−0.31%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Transportation

The commune has a railway station, Pougny—Chancy, on the Lyon–Geneva line. It has regular service to Bellegarde and Geneva.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 12 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE