Thoiry, Ain

Thoiry
Thoiry in the foreground, with Geneva, Annemasse and the Alps in the background
Coat of arms of Thoiry Coat of arms
Thoiry
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Thoiry
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Gex
Canton	Ferney-Voltaire
Intercommunality	Pays de Gex
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Muriel Bénier
Area1	28.93 km2 (11.17 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	5,733
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01419 / 01710
Elevation	400–1,704 m (1,312–5,591 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.

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

The little village was the scene of the September 1926 meeting between Aristide Briand of France and Gustav Stresemann of Germany. During the meeting the two discussed proposals for finally settling the various claims from the First World War, and their common interest in the then-fashionable paneuropean ideas. Ultimately, however, the meeting came to be a missed chance on the road to European integration, as neither statesman could carry domestic opinion with them on these issues.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,114	—
1800	1,178	+5.7%
1806	1,101	−6.5%
1821	1,183	+7.4%
1831	1,290	+9.0%
1836	1,435	+11.2%
1841	1,443	+0.6%
1846	1,499	+3.9%
1851	1,408	−6.1%
1856	1,423	+1.1%
1861	1,460	+2.6%
1866	1,423	−2.5%
1872	1,393	−2.1%
1876	1,356	−2.7%
1881	1,319	−2.7%
1886	1,295	−1.8%
1891	1,349	+4.2%
1896	1,356	+0.5%
1901	1,290	−4.9%
1906	1,280	−0.8%
1911	1,202	−6.1%
1921	1,013	−15.7%
1926	1,076	+6.2%
1931	1,063	−1.2%
1936	1,077	+1.3%
1946	987	−8.4%
1954	1,091	+10.5%
1962	1,130	+3.6%
1968	1,438	+27.3%
1975	1,859	+29.3%
1982	2,112	+13.6%
1990	3,015	+42.8%
1999	4,063	+34.8%
2008	4,938	+21.5%
2012	5,733	+16.1%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE