Frans, Ain

Frans (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃]), known colloquially as Frans-les-Vernes, is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Frans
Commune
Town hall
Location of Frans
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Coordinates: 45°59′32″N 4°46′29″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Trévoux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michelle Nuguet[1]
Area 1	7.98 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,547
• Density	319/km2 (827/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01166 /01480
Elevation	183–267 m (600–876 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Géography

The village is located in the south-western part of the Ain department in the fertile Val de Saône some 35 km north of Lyon and 4 km east of Villefranche-sur-Saône.

Population

The inhabitants of Frans are called Franvernois

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 214 —     1800 208 −0.41% 1806 281 +5.14% 1821 338 +1.24% 1831 312 −0.80% 1836 325 +0.82% 1841 339 +0.85% 1846 371 +1.82% 1851 379 +0.43% 1856 355 −1.30% 1861 380 +1.37% 1866 401 +1.08% 1872 400 −0.04% 1876 383 −1.08% 1881 373 −0.53% 1886 349 −1.32% 1891 351 +0.11% 1896 368 +0.95%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 372 +0.22% 1906 388 +0.85% 1911 360 −1.49% 1921 347 −0.37% 1926 384 +2.05% 1931 391 +0.36% 1936 404 +0.66% 1946 416 +0.29% 1954 455 +1.13% 1962 478 +0.62% 1968 528 +1.67% 1975 752 +5.18% 1982 1,000 +4.16% 1990 1,549 +5.62% 1999 1,848 +1.98% 2007 1,972 +0.82% 2012 1,972 +0.00% 2017 2,351 +3.58%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Ain department