Château-Gaillard, Ain

Château-Gaillard
Coat of arms of Château-Gaillard Coat of arms
Château-Gaillard
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Château-Gaillard
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Ambérieu-en-Bugey
Intercommunality	Plaine de l'Ain
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Joël Brunet
Area1	16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,732
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01089 / 01500
Elevation	222–253 m (728–830 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 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.

Château-Gaillard is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

The river Albarine forms most of the commune's southern border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	700	—
1800	533	−23.9%
1806	542	+1.7%
1821	602	+11.1%
1831	628	+4.3%
1836	622	−1.0%
1841	594	−4.5%
1846	621	+4.5%
1851	651	+4.8%
1856	635	−2.5%
1861	608	−4.3%
1866	580	−4.6%
1872	541	−6.7%
1876	566	+4.6%
1881	554	−2.1%
1886	573	+3.4%
1891	537	−6.3%
1896	512	−4.7%
1901	468	−8.6%
1906	443	−5.3%
1911	418	−5.6%
1921	401	−4.1%
1926	433	+8.0%
1931	457	+5.5%
1936	409	−10.5%
1946	421	+2.9%
1954	401	−4.8%
1962	428	+6.7%
1968	439	+2.6%
1975	698	+59.0%
1982	832	+19.2%
1990	1,027	+23.4%
1999	1,370	+33.4%
2008	1,732	+26.4%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE