Seyssel, Ain

Seyssel
Town center seen from Seyssel, Haute-Savoie Town center seen from Seyssel, Haute-Savoie
Coat of arms of Seyssel Coat of arms
Seyssel
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Seyssel
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Seyssel
Intercommunality	Pays de Seyssel
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Ravel
Area1	2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	933
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01407 / 01420
Elevation	250–332 m (820–1,089 ft) (avg. 258 m or 846 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.

Seyssel is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

It lies on the west bank of the Rhône River.

The town also extends onto the left bank of the Rhône, but that forms the area generally known as Seyssel Savoie, as it a neighboring and exactly homonymous commune, also named Seyssel (the unique such case in France), situated in the Haute-Savoie department and a mere two kilometres from the department of Savoie.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,057	—
1800	1,058	+0.1%
1806	2,304	+117.8%
1821	1,215	−47.3%
1831	1,336	+10.0%
1836	1,230	−7.9%
1841	1,336	+8.6%
1846	1,418	+6.1%
1851	1,493	+5.3%
1856	1,312	−12.1%
1861	1,235	−5.9%
1866	1,234	−0.1%
1872	1,184	−4.1%
1876	1,150	−2.9%
1881	1,178	+2.4%
1886	1,144	−2.9%
1891	1,028	−10.1%
1896	1,032	+0.4%
1901	1,056	+2.3%
1906	989	−6.3%
1911	1,017	+2.8%
1921	924	−9.1%
1926	902	−2.4%
1931	941	+4.3%
1936	898	−4.6%
1946	1,055	+17.5%
1954	1,003	−4.9%
1962	1,001	−0.2%
1968	1,029	+2.8%
1975	1,043	+1.4%
1982	831	−20.3%
1990	817	−1.7%
1999	801	−2.0%
2008	933	+16.5%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department
• List of medieval bridges in France

References

• INSEE