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Montréal-la-Cluse
Montréal-la-Cluse () is a commune in the Ain department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in eastern France. It is located in the historical region of Bugey and its inhabitants are known as the ''Montréalais''. Transport The town lies on the Haut Bugey railway line and a branch line to Oyonnax. Brion—Montréal-la-Cluse station has rail connections to Bourg-en-Bresse and Oyonnax. Population See also * Communes of the Ain department References External links Official website Communes of Ain Ain communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ain-geo-stub ...
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Brion—Montréal-la-Cluse Station
Brion—Montréal-la-Cluse station (French: ''Gare de Brion—Montréal-la-Cluse'') is a French railway station located in commune of Brion, Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The station is also within close proximity of the commune of Montréal-la-Cluse, for which it is jointly named after. It is located at kilometric point (KP) 35.618 on the Ligne du Haut-Bugey (Bourg-en-Bresse–Bellegarde railway). Opened in 1996 by the SNCF, the station replaced the now closed La Cluse station. Its layout was further modified during the closure of the Haut-Bugey railway between 2005 and 2010. As of 2022, the station is owned and operated by the SNCF and served by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes trains. History In 2019, the SNCF estimated that 35,922 passengers traveled through the station.{{Cite web, title=Fréquentation en gares, url=https://ressources.data.sncf.com/explore/dataset/frequentation-gares/table/?q=Brion-Montr%C3%A9al-la-Cluse&sort=nom_gare&disjunctive.no ...
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Ligne Du Haut-Bugey
The Haut-Bugey line (french: Ligne du Haut-Bugey) (also nicknamed ''Lignes des Carpates'') is a railway line in France. It is 65 kilometres in length and connects Bourg-en-Bresse with Bellegarde, travelling through the Jura Mountains. For a century and a quarter after its opening in 1877, it was a local line only, and with steep grades, tight curves, and a long poorly ventilated tunnel, it was a challenging line to operate. It suffered a gradual decline, until in 2006 it had a new lease of life as its renovation was chosen as the most cost-effective way to shorten the journey time from Paris to Geneva. The line was closed in 2006 for complete reconstruction and electrification. The upgraded line was inaugurated on 2 December 2010 featuring 25 kV AC electrification, replacement of 18 level-crossings with bridges, avalanche protection and daylighting a tunnel. Today the line enables a faster link between the French TGV network and Geneva, giving a Paris to Geneva journey tim ...
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Oyonnax
Oyonnax () is the second most populated commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Oyonnax lies in a valley of the Jura Mountains in the far north of Ain. It is near the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura. The city is on the river Ange. Its prominence in the plastics industry has earned it the name ''Plastics Valley''. One of thoutstanding achievements of the French Résistanceoccurred here on 11 November 1943, when the Maquis de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura defied the German occupiers to hold an 11 November parade and memorial service in honor of French soldiers from World War I. The town was awarded the Médaille de la Résistance on 16 June 1947. History Monopoly in wooden comb manufacture In 630, Clovis II, the son of Dagobert I king of the Franks, travelled to Geneva to meet the king of Burgundy. He met a young slave there, the daughter of a captured Saxon king, and wished to ask for her as his wife. So Dagobert I sent a delegatio ...
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Communes Of The Ain Department
The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC
Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020.
* Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse * Haut-Bugey Agglomération *


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