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L'Abergement-de-Varey

L'Abergement-de-Varey
Commune
L'Abergement-de-Varey is located in France
L'Abergement-de-Varey
L'Abergement-de-Varey
Coordinates: 46°00′28″N 5°25′31″E / 46.0078°N 5.4253°E / 46.0078; 5.4253Coordinates: 46°00′28″N 5°25′31″E / 46.0078°N 5.4253°E / 46.0078; 5.4253
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Belley
Canton Ambérieu-en-Bugey
Intercommunality Plaine de l'Ain
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Max Orset
Area1 9.15 km2 (3.53 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 194
 • Density 21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 01002 /01640
Elevation 290–748 m (951–2,454 ft)
(avg. 380 m or 1,250 ft)

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.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

L'Abergement-de-Varey is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France.

The commune is located in the first foothills of the Bugey, not far from Pont-d'Ain. Highway 59 crosses the commune, which is situated on a hillside.

There are four communes in Ain, with the name abergement, which is typical of the Jura, and also exists in Saône-et-Loire, Côte-d'Or, and Doubs; the other three are Le Petit-Abergement, Le Grand-Abergement, L'Abergement-Clémenciat. It apparently designated agricultural concessions granted from the 11th to the 15th century.


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