Salavre

Salavre
Commune
Salavre Salavre
Coordinates: 46°21′50″N 5°20′46″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)	Jacques Féaud
Area 1	7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01391 /01270
Elevation	203–561 m (666–1,841 ft) (avg. 318 m or 1,043 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

It is located about 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Bourg-en-Bresse and 40 km (25 mi) south of Lons-le-Saunier. The village lies on a small river, known as le Bief Laval, a tributary of the Solnan.

The Solnan forms part of the commune's western border.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 823 —     1800 937 +13.9% 1806 907 −3.2% 1821 935 +3.1% 1831 920 −1.6% 1836 770 −16.3% 1841 759 −1.4% 1846 732 −3.6% 1851 733 +0.1% 1856 692 −5.6% 1861 686 −0.9% 1866 706 +2.9% 1872 688 −2.5% 1876 647 −6.0% 1881 616 −4.8% 1886 604 −1.9% 1891 607 +0.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 535 −11.9% 1901 536 +0.2% 1906 522 −2.6% 1911 511 −2.1% 1921 454 −11.2% 1926 421 −7.3% 1931 377 −10.5% 1936 364 −3.4% 1946 369 +1.4% 1954 366 −0.8% 1962 343 −6.3% 1968 288 −16.0% 1975 238 −17.4% 1982 218 −8.4% 1990 246 +12.8% 1999 285 +15.9% 2008 282 −1.1%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department