Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
Bèlagouârda (Arpitan) | |
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Part of Valserhône | |
 Former Bellegarde-sur-Valserine Town Hall and current Valserhône Town Hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine  | |
  Bellegarde-sur-Valserine  Bellegarde-sur-Valserine | |
| 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 | Bellegarde-sur-Valserine |
| Commune | Valserhône |
| Area 1 | 15 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 11,268 |
| • Density | 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 01200 |
| Elevation | 330–1,542 m (1,083–5,059 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. | |
Bellegarde-sur-Valserine (French pronunciation: [bɛlɡaʁd syʁ valsəʁin], literally Bellegarde on Valserine; Arpitan: Bèlagouârda) is a former commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Valserhône.[2]
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral, 22 October 2018 (in French)