Pirajoux

Pirajoux
Commune
Town hall
Pirajoux Pirajoux
Coordinates: 46°22′17″N 5°17′58″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
Intercommunality	CA Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Noël Piroux
Area 1	12.99 km2 (5.02 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01296 /01270
Elevation	192–237 m (630–778 ft) (avg. 228 m or 748 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pirajoux (French pronunciation: ​[piʁaʒu]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

The Solnan forms most of the commune's eastern border. The Sevron forms parts of the commune's western border.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 703 —     1800 763 +8.5% 1806 745 −2.4% 1821 713 −4.3% 1831 754 +5.8% 1836 732 −2.9% 1841 739 +1.0% 1846 727 −1.6% 1851 732 +0.7% 1856 694 −5.2% 1861 709 +2.2% 1866 714 +0.7% 1872 701 −1.8% 1876 726 +3.6% 1881 721 −0.7% 1886 705 −2.2% 1891 700 −0.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 665 −5.0% 1901 666 +0.2% 1906 637 −4.4% 1911 639 +0.3% 1921 597 −6.6% 1926 581 −2.7% 1931 494 −15.0% 1936 522 +5.7% 1946 540 +3.4% 1954 470 −13.0% 1962 428 −8.9% 1968 375 −12.4% 1975 314 −16.3% 1982 294 −6.4% 1990 304 +3.4% 1999 299 −1.6% 2008 330 +10.4%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department