Arbigny () is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.

Geography

Arbigny is some 20 km north of

Mâcon Mâcon (), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as ...

and 40 km south by south-east of

Chalon-sur-Saône Chalon-sur-Saône (, literally ''Chalon on Saône'') is a city in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the largest city in the department; h ...

. The commune can be accessed by the D933 from Sermoyer in the north passing through the centre of the commune and village and continuing south to Pont-de-Vaux. The D126 runs west from the village changing to the D163 at the border of the commune and continuing to Uchizy. There are two other hamlets in the commune - La Croix and La Varenne. About 80% of the commune is farmland with the rest being the forested eastern part.Google Maps
/ref> The western border of the commune is formed by the

Saône The Saône ( , ; frp, Sona; lat, Arar) is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île. The name der ...

river. In the north and east there are ponds which are drained by the ''Biel d'Etang Neuf'' and the ''Biel d'Etang Butière'' which flow west to the Saône.

History

The area has been occupied since prehistoric times. The village was known as ''Albiniacus'' in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

Administration

List of mayors of Arbigny Maize seedlings in Arbigny

Population

Sights

Moulin de la Brevette (ancient winnowing machine)

*The remains of an old Fortified Chateau *A Napoleonic milestone dated 1808 *A Stone marker commemorating the landing fields of the

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

during the Second World War, on the road to Uchizy just before the bridge over the

. The code name of the landing field was "JUNOT". *A Plaque honouring two young resistance fighters (Dupasquier and Clairmidi) murdered by the Nazis in 1944 at a place called "La Varenne".

Protected natural areas

The floodplains of the

valley have been classified as protected areas since 1994.Protection Zone for the wetlands of the Saône Valley
Préfectoral directive of 25 February 1994, Préfecture of Ain

References

External links

Arbigny on the old National Geographic Institute website

Arbigny on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Arbigny'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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