Valserhône
Valserhône | |
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Commune | |
Location of Valserhône | |
| Coordinates: 46°06′30″N 5°49′36″E / 46.1083°N 5.8267°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Nantua |
| Canton | Valserhône |
| Intercommunality | Terre Valserhône |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Régis Petit |
Area 1 | 62.54 km2 (24.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 16,162 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01033 /01200 |
| Elevation | 330–1,606 m (1,083–5,269 ft) (avg. 485 m or 1,591 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Valserhône (French pronunciation: [valsəʁon] ⓘ; Arpitan: Vâlcerôno) is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. It is the result of the merger, on 1 January 2019, of the communes of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, Châtillon-en-Michaille and Lancrans. In 2018, the three communes had a combined population of 16,431, with Bellegarde-sur-Valserine as the major population centre. This makes Valserhône the third-most populated commune of Ain, after Bourg-en-Bresse and Oyonnax.