Pougny, Ain

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Pougny
Commune
The town hall in Pougny
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 46°08′22″N 5°57′01″E / 46.1394°N 5.9503°E / 46.1394; 5.9503Coordinates: 46°08′22″N 5°57′01″E / 46.1394°N 5.9503°E / 46.1394; 5.9503
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Gex
Canton	Thoiry
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Annie Marcelot[1]
Area 1	7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	810
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01308 /01550
Elevation	333–461 m (1,093–1,512 ft) (avg. 406 m or 1,332 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

It lies near the border with Switzerland and is the first French village to be crossed by the Rhône, and a hydro-electric station constructed in 1926 which it shares with the Swiss village of Chancy is named after it.

Population[]

Transportation[]

The commune has a railway station, Pougny-Chancy, on the Lyon–Geneva line. It has regular service to Bellegarde and Geneva.

See also[]

• Communes of the Ain department

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