
Côtière or Côtière de l'Ain is a natural region located southwest of the department of
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 it ...
,
France.
It is along a slope of about forty kilometers, beginning with the balcony of
Croix-Rousse
La Croix-Rousse is a hill high in the city of Lyon, France, as well as the name of a neighborhood located on this hill. The neighborhood is divided into les pentes (slopes, belonging to the city's 1st arrondissement) and le plateau (atop the hil ...
and ending in
Meximieux
Meximieux () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Geography
Located 35 km north east of Lyon and 10 km from Ambérieu-en-Bugey, the town is where the Dombes plateau meets the plain of the river Ain. Historically, Me ...
.
The main cities are
Miribel,
Montluel
Montluel (; frp, Montluèl) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
It is situated on the outskirts of Lyon. The inhabitants are known as ''Montluistes''.
Population
Personalities
* (1743-1818), Catholic Bishop of Quimper
...
and
Meximieux
Meximieux () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Geography
Located 35 km north east of Lyon and 10 km from Ambérieu-en-Bugey, the town is where the Dombes plateau meets the plain of the river Ain. Historically, Me ...
.
Pérouges is member of
Les Plus Beaux Villages de France.
Bibliography
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See also
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Bugey-Côtière
''Bugey-Côtière'' formerly respectively ''Le Journal de la Côtière'' and ''Le Journal du Bugey'' is a French weekly newspaper,
dedicated to the news of the Côtière and (part of) Bugey, in Ain in France.
In 2019, ''Bugey-Côtière'' is t ...
'' (Newspaper)
References
Geography of Ain
Hauts-de-France region articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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