L'Abergement-de-Varey () is a

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in the

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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 ...

in eastern

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Geography

The commune is located in the first foothills of the

Bugey The Bugey (, ; Arpitan: ''Bugê'') is a historical region in the department of Ain, eastern France, located between Lyon and Geneva. It is located in a loop of the Rhône River in the southeast of the department. It includes the foothills of the ...

, not far from

Pont-d'Ain Pont-d'Ain (, literally ''Bridge of Ain'') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ain department *List of medieval bridges in France The list of medieval bridges in France comprises al ...

. Highway 59 crosses the commune, which is situated on a hillside.

Name

There are four communes in Ain, with the name ''abergement'', which is typical of the Jura, and also exists in

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is Bo ...

Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or (; literally, "Golden Slope") is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.Doubs Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.Le Petit-Abergement, Le Grand-Abergement,

L'Abergement-Clémenciat L'Abergement-Clémenciat (; frp, L’Abèrgement-Cllèmenciê) is a commune in the department of Ain and the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in eastern Metropolitan France. The commune was established in 1857 by combining the two parishes of ...

. It apparently designated agricultural concessions granted from the 11th to the 15th century.

Population

Sights

*Neo-roman church built in the 19th century *Monument to the Resistance