Versailleux

Versailleux
Versailleux
Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Versailleux
Coordinates: 45°58′52″N 5°06′16″E / 45.9811°N 5.1044°ECoordinates: 45°58′52″N 5°06′16″E / 45.9811°N 5.1044°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Chalamont
Intercommunality	Chalamont
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Branchy
Area^1	18.77 km^2 (7.25 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	330
• Density	18/km^2 (46/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01434 / 01330
Elevation	274–303 m (899–994 ft) (avg. 286 m or 938 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.

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

On 23 February 2006 during the epidemic of avian influenza, a great number of turkeys died in a breeding of 11,000 animals, probably because of the virus H5N1. The turkeys had never left it because the breeding was confined. The commune of Joyeux, in which the first French case was detected on 13 February, is located a few kilometres south.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	269	—
1800	282	+4.8%
1806	332	+17.7%
1821	304	−8.4%
1831	363	+19.4%
1836	352	−3.0%
1841	369	+4.8%
1846	416	+12.7%
1851	405	−2.6%
1856	414	+2.2%
1861	413	−0.2%
1866	436	+5.6%
1872	435	−0.2%
1876	395	−9.2%
1881	412	+4.3%
1886	441	+7.0%
1891	414	−6.1%
1896	398	−3.9%
1901	377	−5.3%
1906	393	+4.2%
1911	381	−3.1%
1921	340	−10.8%
1926	317	−6.8%
1931	305	−3.8%
1936	286	−6.2%
1946	290	+1.4%
1954	248	−14.5%
1962	221	−10.9%
1968	205	−7.2%
1975	198	−3.4%
1982	210	+6.1%
1990	219	+4.3%
1999	255	+16.4%
2008	330	+29.4%

See also

• Dombes
• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Dombes and Versailleux