Joyeux

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Coordinates: 45°57′43″N 5°06′39″E / 45.9619444444, 5.11083333333

Commune of Joyeux
Location
Joyeux (France)
Joyeux
Administration
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton Meximieux
Intercommunality Plaine de l'Ain
Mayor Marius Brocard
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 272 m–298 m
(avg. 285 m)
Land area¹ 16,58 km²
Population²
(1999)		 206
 - Density 12/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 01198/ 01800
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

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

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[edit] Geography

Joyeux lies less than 5 km from the wildlife park at Villars-les-Dombes and 40 km 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.

[edit] History

The fief of Joyeux was mentioned in the 12th century. In the 15th 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.

[edit] Administration

List of the mayors
Period Name Party Background
March 2001 Marius Brocard retired agricultural worker

Earlier data are not yet known.

[edit] Demography

Demographic development
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
135 146 142 151 171 206

Number recorded beginning in 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Sites and monuments

Old farms typical of the region. The 19th century Château de Joyeux.

[edit] See also

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