The city of Lagnieu is located south of the department of Ain, on the right bank of the Rhone, 50 km north-east of the Lyon area and 37 km south of Bourg-en-Bresse. The town belongs to the canton of Lagnieu which she is the chief town and the district of Belley. Attached to the foothills of southern Jura, it belongs to the natural region of the plain of Ain, also name of the industrial park established about ten kilometers west of the town. Its territory has an altitude ranging from 192 m to 643 m, the town hall is 212 m.
History
According to a Latin text of the seventh century, Lagnieu derives from a landowner named Latinus, giving his name to the district and become Latiniacus. Around 1430, the inhabitants of Lagnieu seized six oxen belonging to the monks of the Carthusian monastery of Portes and ravaged their crops by releasing their pigs. During the French Revolution, Lagnieu took the revolutionary name of Fontaine-d'Or. In 1957, during the passage of a metal element intended for the Marcoule nuclear power plant, the "centipede", the Lagnieu fountain was accidentally destroyed.
Geology
The territory presents a seismic risk as well as natural and technological risks such as flood, dam break, industrial and nuclear risks, transport of dangerous goods. Several natural disasters have occurred in the past such as floods and mudslides (April 30 and May 1, 1983, September 26, 1987, October 9 to 12, 1988, February 13 to 18, 1990, June 25, 2006
CLimate
Lagnieu, like the Lyon region, is located at a climatic crossroads. The climate is of a semi-continental type with Mediterranean aspects, especially in summer. Several southern species are present, including the Montpellier pistachio or several species of cicadas. The absence of wind in summer contributes to the stifling summer days in the Latini area and more generally Lyon.
Population
The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the censuses of the population carried out in the commune since 1793. As of 2006, the legal populations of the communes are published annually by the INSEE. The census is now based on an annual collection of information, successively covering all municipal territories over a period of five years. For municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a census survey of the whole population is carried out every five years, while the legal populations of the intermediate years are estimated by interpolation or extrapolation The census is now based on an annual collection of information, successively covering all municipal territories over a period of five years. For municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, a census survey of the whole population is carried out every five years, while the legal populations of the intermediate years are estimated by interpolation or extrapolation. For the municipality, the first comprehensive census within the framework of the new system was carried out in 2006.
Politics
1953 1963 Eugène Jacquier Rad.
1963 June 1995 Guy d Verpillière , Senator, General Councilor of the Canton of Lagnieu )
April 2004 - current André Moingeon UMP - LR Consulting engineer
since the 2014 council elections the makeup of the council has been 25 members for Pour Lagnieu party and 4 members for Ensemble bougeons pour Lagnieu party.
