Arbignieu () is a former commune 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 ...

department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern

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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Arboys en Bugey. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arbignolans'' or ''Arbignolanes''

Geography

The commune is located 4 km south-west of

Belley Belley () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. History Belley is of Roman origin, and in the 5th century became an episcopal see. It was the capital of the province of Bugey, which was a dependency of Savoy till 1601, ...

and 30 km north-west of Chambery. It is traversed by the ''Tour du Bugey'' trail. It lies in the ''

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'' (AOC) zone for wine from Bugey with the label "Roussette du Bugey-Arbignieu". The commune can be accessed on the D69 from Belley in the north-east which continues west to Colomieu. The D100 road also branches from the D49 at the northern edge of the commune and goes south along the eastern side of the commune joining the D10 which passes through the commune from the D992 in the east through the hamlet of Peyzieu then south-west to

Saint-Bois Saint-Bois () is a former 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) ...

. There are three hamlets in the commune other than Arbignieu: Thoys, Slignieu, and Peyzieu. The commune is approximately half farmland and half forest with most of the forest along the western border.Google Maps
/ref> The ''Furans'' river forms the eastern border of the commune and then flows east to join the Rhone. The ''Ruisseau d'Armaille'' flows from west to east across the commune into the Furans. Furans Neige

Administration

List of mayors of ArbignieuList of Mayors of France

Population

Sites and monuments

*The Ball of Gargantua (stone cups) *The ruins of the Chateau of Longecombe, a former

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owned by the Luyrieu Family in the 14th century. *The

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of Thoy or Thuey *General Parra's House (18th century) at Sillignieu *The Church of Peyzieu, a hamlet in Arbignieu

Notable people linked to the commune

*Césaire Nivière (1799-1879), agronomist, was born in Peyzieu in the current territory of the commune.

Notes and references

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References

{{authority control Former communes of Ain Populated places disestablished in 2016 States and territories disestablished in 2016