Songieu

Songieu
Songieu
Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Songieu
Coordinates: 45°58′24″N 5°42′08″E / 45.9733°N 5.7022°ECoordinates: 45°58′24″N 5°42′08″E / 45.9733°N 5.7022°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Hauteville-Lompnes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Ancian
Area^1	20.58 km^2 (7.95 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	121
• Density	5.9/km^2 (15/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01409 / 01260
Elevation	567–1,275 m (1,860–4,183 ft) (avg. 750 m or 2,460 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Songieu is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Haut-Valromey.^[1]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	539	—
1800	597	+10.8%
1806	923	+54.6%
1821	523	−43.3%
1831	586	+12.0%
1836	550	−6.1%
1841	652	+18.5%
1846	637	−2.3%
1851	629	−1.3%
1856	636	+1.1%
1861	665	+4.6%
1866	633	−4.8%
1872	612	−3.3%
1876	615	+0.5%
1881	594	−3.4%
1886	632	+6.4%
1891	548	−13.3%
1896	565	+3.1%
1901	522	−7.6%
1906	479	−8.2%
1911	409	−14.6%
1921	365	−10.8%
1926	348	−4.7%
1931	312	−10.3%
1936	255	−18.3%
1946	246	−3.5%
1954	218	−11.4%
1962	174	−20.2%
1968	165	−5.2%
1975	142	−13.9%
1982	126	−11.3%
1990	101	−19.8%
1999	125	+23.8%
2008	121	−3.2%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE

1. Arrêté préfectoral 29 September 2015 (French)