Joyeux, Ain

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Joyeux
Commune
Chateau
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Coordinates: 45°57′43″N 5°06′39″E / 45.9619°N 5.1108°E / 45.9619; 5.1108Coordinates: 45°57′43″N 5°06′39″E / 45.9619°N 5.1108°E / 45.9619; 5.1108
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Meximieux
Intercommunality	Plaine de l'Ain
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Joël Mathy
Area 1	16.58 km2 (6.40 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	268
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01198 /01800
Elevation	272–298 m (892–978 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Joyeux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography[]

Joyeux lies less than 5 km (3.1 mi) from the wildlife park at Villars-les-Dombes and 40 km (25 mi) from Lyon in the natural region of the Dombes, a wide extent of middle and upper Pleistocene moraine left near the margin of the Alpine ice sheets. The commune includes some thirty lakes which together represent some 4 square kilometres of water. The land between them is of gravel, sand and clay.

History[]

The fief of Joyeux was mentioned in the twelfth century. In the fifteenth century, it was in the possession of the Villars family.

On 13 February 2006, a wild duck was found dead on the fen. It was the first attested case of the presence of the bird flu virus H5N1 in France.

Administration[]

Population[]

Sights[]

Old farms typical of the region. The nineteenth century Château de Joyeux.

See also[]

• Communes of the Ain department
• Dombes

References[]

External links[]

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