Artemare
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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| Coordinates: 45°52′31″N 5°41′37″E / 45.8753°N 5.6936°ECoordinates: 45°52′31″N 5°41′37″E / 45.8753°N 5.6936°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Belley |
| Canton | Hauteville-Lompnes |
| Intercommunality | Bugey Sud |
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| • Mayor (2001–2020) | Mireille Charmont-Munet |
| Area1 | 3.75 km2 (1.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)2 | 1,126 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01022 /01510 |
| Elevation | 242–360 m (794–1,181 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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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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.
Artemare is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Artemariens or Artemariennes
Artemare is a commune in Valromey 16 km north of Belley and 8 km north-west of Culoz and the Rhône. Artemare is exposed to the south between two chains of the Jura Mountains: the Planachat in the west and the Colombier culminating in Grand-Colombier (1538 m) to the east.
This village is between Lower-Bugey and Upper-Bugey not far from Savoie and Isère.
The commune can be accessed from several roads: the D69D from Champdossin-Massignieu in the west, the D31L from Pont in the north, and the D904 from Ameyzieu in the east which continues south from the village to Virieu-le-Grand. The main railway line from Modane to Lyon passes through the south of the commune from west to east. Apart from the village, which has quite a large urban area, and the hamlet of Cerveyrieu, the rest of the commune is mixed farmland and forest.
Artemare is watered by a network of four rivers:
The Groin and the Séran cut deeply into the limestone terrain. The Groin rises in the commune of Vieu from a spectacular intermittent source before forming a deep canyon visible from Devil's Bridge in Vieu. The Séran rises upstream of the Cerveyrieu waterfall from beautiful Giant's kettles where water swirls around - but only when the Seran is not dry.
According to Louis Berthelon, Artemare was first "a small group of dwellings located above a hill called Molard" and it was this "wonderful location overlooking the vast marshes extending from Bourget to Cerveyrieu earning it its name of Altemare meaning "Upper Sea" ", later becoming Artemare. Local tradition has it that Saint Martin evangelized the region which had until then indulged in pagan cults. The church of Artemare is dedicated to him and he also gave his name to a neighbouring village - Saint-Martin-de-Bavel.
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