Baneins

Baneins
Town hall
Baneins
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Baneins
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans
Intercommunality	Chalaronne-Centre
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Pierre Grange
Area1	8.91 km2 (3.44 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	583
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01028 / 01990
Elevation	207–272 m (679–892 ft) (avg. 232 m or 761 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Baneins is a French commune in the Ain department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Athaniens or Athaniennes

Geography

Sign at the entry to the village

Baneins occupies an area of 872 hectares 2 km west of Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne and 4 km north of Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans with an altitude varying between 215 and 271 metres. It can be accessed by the D17 road coming from Chatillon-sur-Chalarone in the east and continuing south-west to Chaneins. The D66 road comes from Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne in the north, through the village and continuing south to Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans. The D100 road runs off the D17 in the commune and goes to Peyzieux-sur-Saône to the west. There are two hamlets in the commune: Les Bilons and Les Bages; with almost all the rest of the commune farmland with a small area of forest in the south.

The commune is traversed from south to north by the Moignans river with the Bief Savuel and the Masanand streams joining it in the commune. The Moignans joins the Chalaronne river just north of the commune.

History

In the Middle Ages the parish was known as Athaneins but over the course of time the name Baneins, which was the name of the castle, replaced it. The etymology remains uncertain: the name Baneins is based on the German man's name Bano or Banno and the suffix -eins is very common in the Dombes area and comes from the suffix -ing which is commonly added to many Germanic names.

Baneins was a lordship before becoming Viscounty then a County under Louis XIII. The County became, with Béreins and Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne, the twelfth lordship under the sovereignty of Dombes.

Of the old castle built in the 13th century by Raoul de Baneins, a knight, who gave his name to the village, there remains no trace.

The abandonment of the name of Athaneins for Baneins was probably related to the identification of the locality to the hierarchy of the lords of Baneins.

Administration

List of Mayors of Baneins

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1959	1977	François Girard
1977	1995	Joanny Didienne
1995	1998	Jean Durand
1998	2014	Christine Gonnu	PS	Member and Vice-President of the General Council
2014	2020	Jean-Pierre Grange

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 572 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
290	270	108	376	388	369	373	389	435

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
471	550	548	480	490	506	553	527	518

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
474	421	427	445	425	374	393	328	313

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2007	2009
267	284	254	307	377	529	595	606	583

2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
572	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Population of Baneins

Economy

Agricultural activity is predominant in the commune. Livestock farming is still important despite a shift to grain production. The village also has a few small-scale traders (restaurant, body builder, plumber).

Culture and heritage

War Memorial and stone commemorating the end of the Algerian war

Sites and monuments

• The Deromptey is a small hill west of the village which offers a magnificent view. On a clear day Mont Blanc can be seen.
• The Church of St. Martin, in Romanesque style, has an apse and a portal from the 12th century. The bell tower was located above the bay of the choir but was destroyed in the French Revolution and rebuilt over the entrance. The tympanum was carved in the 19th century in honour of the patron saint of the area and is Saint Martin on horseback, dividing his cloak with a beggar kneeling and relying on a crutch.

Church of Saint Martin Gallery

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  The church of Saint Martin

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  Entrance to the church

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  Relief of Saint Martin

• The Lavoir (Public laundry), built in 1912.

Notable people linked to the commune

• Donat Bollet (1851-1923), physician and politician, MP and senator for Ain, also Mayor of Trévoux, was born in the commune.

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

Bibliography

• Tourist and Archaeological riches of the Canton of Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans, collective work, published in 2000. (French)

External links

• La Dombes and Baneins (French)
• Baneins on Lion1906
• Baneins on Google Maps
• Baneins on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Banneins on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Baneins on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)