Torcieu

Torcieu
Torcieu

Coordinates: 45°55′00″N 5°24′00″E / 45.9167°N 5.4°E / 45.9167; 5.4Coordinates: 45°55′00″N 5°24′00″E / 45.9167°N 5.4°E / 45.9167; 5.4
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Belley
Canton Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey
Intercommunality Vallée de l'Albarine
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Françoise Giraudet
Area1 10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 685
 • Density 64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 01421 / 01230
Elevation 257–782 m (843–2,566 ft)
(avg. 260 m or 850 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.

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

Geography

The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the river Albarine, which flows west through the commune.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793750—    
1800531−29.2%
1806923+73.8%
1821918−0.5%
1831992+8.1%
1836919−7.4%
1841881−4.1%
1846904+2.6%
1851879−2.8%
18561,052+19.7%
1861797−24.2%
1866768−3.6%
1872741−3.5%
1876717−3.2%
1881680−5.2%
1886641−5.7%
1891625−2.5%
1896604−3.4%
1901562−7.0%
1906511−9.1%
1911478−6.5%
1921488+2.1%
1926490+0.4%
1931533+8.8%
1936497−6.8%
1946460−7.4%
1954469+2.0%
1962448−4.5%
1968429−4.2%
1975460+7.2%
1982543+18.0%
1990569+4.8%
1999646+13.5%
2008685+6.0%

See also

References

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