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 ...
France
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Marlieux—Châtillon station
Marlieux—Châtillon station (French language, French: ''Gare de Marlieux—Châtillon'') is a French railway station located in the Communes of France, commune of Marlieux, Ain Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regi ...
has rail connections to Bourg-en-Bresse and Lyon.
Geography
The river
Chalaronne
The Chalaronne () is a long river in the Ain department in eastern France. Its source is at Lapeyrouse, in the Dombes. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Saône, into which it flows between Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne ...
forms part of the commune's western border.
Climate
Marlieux has an
oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen climate classification, Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of co ...
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Marlieux is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Marlieux was on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 6 January 1971.