Seyssel, Ain
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Town center seen from Seyssel, Haute-Savoie | ||
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Seyssel | ||
| Coordinates: 45°58′00″N 5°50′00″E / 45.9667°N 5.8333°ECoordinates: 45°58′00″N 5°50′00″E / 45.9667°N 5.8333°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Belley | |
| Canton | Seyssel | |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Seyssel | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean Ravel | |
| Area1 | 2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 933 | |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01407 / 01420 | |
| Elevation |
250–332 m (820–1,089 ft) (avg. 258 m or 846 ft) | |
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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. | ||
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Seyssel is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
It lies on the west bank of the Rhône River.
The town also extends onto the left bank of the Rhône, but that forms the area generally known as Seyssel Savoie, as it a neighboring and exactly homonymous commune, also named Seyssel (the unique such case in France), situated in the Haute-Savoie department and a mere two kilometres from the department of Savoie.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| 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% |
| 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% |
See also
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