Arbignieu () is a former commune in the

Ain Ain (, ; ) is a French department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, 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 it ...

department in the

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...

region of eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Arboys en Bugey.

Geography

The commune is located 4 km south-west of

Belley Belley (; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Bèlê'') is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Ain Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region, France. It is the capital of the historical regi ...

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

Appellation d'origine contrôlée In France, the ''appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (, ; abbr. AOC ) is a label that identifies an agricultural product whose stages of production and processing are carried out in a defined geographical area – the ''terroir'' – and using ...

'' (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. 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 Arbignieu

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arbignolans'' or ''Arbignolanes'' in French.Le nom des habitants du 01 - Ain
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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.

Geography

Administration

Population

Sites and monuments

Notable people linked to the commune

See also