commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Ain
Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where ...
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
.
Geography
Arandas is some 50 km north-west of
Aix-les-Bains
Aix-les-Bains (, ; frp, Èx-los-Bens; la, Aquae Gratianae), locally simply Aix, is a commune in the southeastern French department of Savoie.
and 10 km south-west of
Hauteville-Lompnes
Hauteville-Lompnes () is a former commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Plateau d'Hauteville.
History
The commune was formed in 1942 by the union of Hauteville and Lompnes. ...
. It can be accessed by the D104 from
Argis
Argis is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.
Geography
Argis is in the mountains of the southern Jura in the mountains of Bugey in the valley of the Albarine between Tenay and Saint-Ramber ...
in the north running south to the village then continuing south as the D104A through the heart of the commune to join the D32 south of the commune. The D104 itself reverses direction in the village and heads north-west to join the D73. The commune has some farmland but is heavily forested and mountainous. There are no villages or hamlets in the commune other than Arandas.Google Maps /ref>
The ''Bossiere'' stream rises near the village and flows west to join the ''Galine'' river. The ''Ruisseau de Grinand'' also rises in the north of the commune, forming part of the northern boundary before flowing into the Galine.
History
In the Middle Ages Arandas was a lordship with the most famous lord being the poet Claude Guichard in the 16th century. The commune was separated from Conand in 1865.
Administration
Population
Personalities
*Anthelme Ferrand (1758-1834), politician, member of the Convention and the Council of Five Hundred was born in the commune.