Anglefort (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡləfɔʁ]) is a commune in the department of Ain in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central-eastern France.
Anglefort | |
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Commune | |
 Chautagne lock on the Rhone | |
 Location of Anglefort | |
  Anglefort  Anglefort | |
| Coordinates: 45°54′47″N 5°48′33″E / 45.9131°N 5.8092°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Belley |
| Canton | Plateau d'Hauteville |
| Intercommunality | Usses et Rhône |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Henri Plé[1] |
Area 1 | 29.26 km2 (11.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,174 |
| • Density | 40.12/km2 (103.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01010 /01350 |
| Elevation | 238–1,524 m (781–5,000 ft) (avg. 251 m or 823 ft) |
| Website | https://www.anglefort.fr/ |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
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Anglefort is a commune in Bugey on the right bank of the Rhone at the foot of the mountain of Grand Colombier which has a panorama of the Alps and the Jura mountains.
The commune is located 25 km south of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and 30 km north by north-west of Aix-les-Bains. Access to the commune is by road D 992 from Seyssel in the north passing through the length of the commune and the village to Culoz in the south. There is also access on road D 120 which is a highly circuitous route from Lochieu in the west continuing to the village as the D 120A and continuing south through the Col du Grand Colombier (1,501m) to Culoz. A railway line passes through the commune from north to south with a station to the east of the village.[3]
The Rhône river runs south along the eastern border of the commune and Le Verdet stream flows from the north to the south of the commune into the Rhone.[3]
Environment
editThe alluvial aquifer fed by the Rhone is threatened by an internal discharge created by the Pechiney Group. Foundry waste, metal dust, and recovered acid from filters have been buried in the Chautagnard marsh with a probable contamination by heavy metals and arsenic.[4]
History
editThe Priory of Anglefort was located on the communal territory in the Middle Ages. In 1590 Guillaume Drujon[5] was a priest and he became abbot in 1620.
Administration
editPopulation
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 528 | — |
| 1975 | 697 | +4.05% |
| 1982 | 714 | +0.34% |
| 1990 | 687 | −0.48% |
| 1999 | 769 | +1.26% |
| 2007 | 918 | +2.24% |
| 2012 | 1,069 | +3.09% |
| 2017 | 1,115 | +0.85% |
| 2023 | 1,174 | +0.86% |
| Source: INSEE[8] | ||
Economy
editThe Électricité de France (EDF) Dam is on the Rhone river in the territory of the commune and there is a factory producing silicon. Formerly the property of the Pechiney Electro-metallurgy group, the factory has passed successively into the hands of Alcan (Canada), and the Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto at the whim of successive buy-backs of this former French industrial flagship.
Sights
edit- Two sites are registered as historical monuments in the commune:
- The remains of the Château de la Rochette which dominates the Rhone was the seat of the Lordship of Rochette, mentioned in 1407.
Personalities
edit- Monseigneur Jacques-François Besson, born in Mieugy, Bishop of Metz from 1824 to 1842
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- 1 2 3 Google Maps
- ↑ Note by the Robin Hood NGO called The casseroles of Pechiney Archived 6 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, dated 6 October 2003 (in French)
- ↑ Jean Létanche, The old Castles, Fortified houses, and feudal ruins in the canton of Yenne and Savoy, The History Book of Lorisse, 1907 (ISBN 9782843738135) p. 18. (in French)
- ↑ List of Mayors of France Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00116292 Château (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA01000327 Château of Mieugy Park (in French)
External links
edit- Anglefort on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Anglefort on the 1750 Cassini Map
