Sulignat

Sulignat
Sulignat
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Sulignat
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne
Intercommunality	Chalaronne-centre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Jarnet
Area1	10.9 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	573
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01412 / 01400
Elevation	202–278 m (663–912 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	387	—
1821	498	+28.7%
1831	441	−11.4%
1836	480	+8.8%
1841	476	−0.8%
1846	531	+11.6%
1851	518	−2.4%
1856	501	−3.3%
1861	502	+0.2%
1866	574	+14.3%
1872	555	−3.3%
1876	593	+6.8%
1881	595	+0.3%
1886	570	−4.2%
1891	551	−3.3%
1896	525	−4.7%
1901	529	+0.8%
1906	505	−4.5%
1911	507	+0.4%
1921	456	−10.1%
1926	453	−0.7%
1931	470	+3.8%
1936	450	−4.3%
1946	431	−4.2%
1954	392	−9.0%
1962	395	+0.8%
1968	367	−7.1%
1975	348	−5.2%
1982	370	+6.3%
1990	434	+17.3%
1999	485	+11.8%
2008	573	+18.1%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE