Saint-Martin-de-Bavel

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Saint-Martin-de-Bavel
Commune
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Coordinates: 45°51′00″N 5°41′00″E / 45.85°N 5.6833°E / 45.85; 5.6833Coordinates: 45°51′00″N 5°41′00″E / 45.85°N 5.6833°E / 45.85; 5.6833
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Belley
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Xavier Vincent[1]
Area 1	8.50 km2 (3.28 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	442
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Saint-Martinan
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01372 /01510
Elevation	249–442 m (817–1,450 ft) (avg. 339 m or 1,112 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-de-Bavel is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. The inhabitants of the region are called Saint-Martinans in French.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics[]

Trends in demographics in the region are known according to a number of censuses carried out in the commune since 1793. Since 2006, the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) also publishes an annual report on the legal inhabitants of the region.

In 2018, the commune had 442 inhabitants, an increase of 3.51% compared to 2013.^{[citation needed]}

Land distribution[]

Typology[]

Saint-Martin-de-Bavel is a rural commune. It is a commune of relatively low density as classified by the national commune density classification of the INSEE.^[3][4]

The commune is part of the Belley region as defined by the INSEE. This region, which encompasses 31 communes, contains less than 50,000 inhabitants in total.^[5][6]

Geography[]

According to the European land distribution database Corine Land Cover (CLC), there is significant agricultural land use in the region (57.7% in 2018)—a lesser figure than in 1990 (62.8%). In 2018, the detailed land breakdown was the following: forests (36%), agricultural zones (23.7%), meadows (22.7%), arable land (11.3%), urban areas (4.8%), shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation (1.6%).^[7]

History and culture[]

Notable people[]

• Joseph-Benoît (1812-1880), a canut from Lyon, was born in Saint-Martin-de-Bavel.^{[citation needed]}
• Jean Augustin Carrié de Boissy (1764-1838), a French military man, died in Saint-Martin-de-Bavel.^{[citation needed]}
• Louis-Anthelme Carrier (1773-1838), military general, was born and died in the commune.^{[citation needed]}

See also[]

• Communes of the Ain department

References[]

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