Seyssel, Ain

Seyssel is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Seyssel
Commune
Town center seen from Seyssel, Haute-Savoie
Coat of arms
Location of Seyssel
Seyssel Seyssel
Coordinates: 45°58′00″N 5°50′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Hauteville-Lompnes
Intercommunality	Pays de Seyssel
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Paul Granchamp
Area ^1	2.40 km^2 (0.93 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	999
• Density	420/km^2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01407 /01420
Elevation	250–332 m (820–1,089 ft) (avg. 258 m or 846 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It lies on the west bank of the Rhône.

The part of the town across the Rhône is also named Seyssel but located in the Haute-Savoie department, and is locally referred as Seyssel-Savoie. It is a rare case in France of two homonymous communes adjacent to each other, similar to the situation of the village of Saint-Santin, divided between the communes of Saint-Santin (Aveyron) and Saint-Santin-de-Maurs (Cantal).

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,057 —     1800 1,058 +0.1% 1806 2,304 +117.8% 1821 1,215 −47.3% 1831 1,336 +10.0% 1836 1,230 −7.9% 1841 1,336 +8.6% 1846 1,418 +6.1% 1851 1,493 +5.3% 1856 1,312 −12.1% 1861 1,235 −5.9% 1866 1,234 −0.1% 1872 1,184 −4.1% 1876 1,150 −2.9% 1881 1,178 +2.4% 1886 1,144 −2.9% 1891 1,028 −10.1% 1896 1,032 +0.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 1,056 +2.3% 1906 989 −6.3% 1911 1,017 +2.8% 1921 924 −9.1% 1926 902 −2.4% 1931 941 +4.3% 1936 898 −4.6% 1946 1,055 +17.5% 1954 1,003 −4.9% 1962 1,001 −0.2% 1968 1,029 +2.8% 1975 1,043 +1.4% 1982 831 −20.3% 1990 817 −1.7% 1999 801 −2.0% 2008 933 +16.5% 2014 981 +5.1%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department
• Pont de la Vierge noire
• Pont de Seyssel

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.