Verjon

Verjon
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Verjon Verjon
Coordinates: 46°20′45″N 5°21′05″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)	Philippe Jamme
Area 1	5.11 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01432 /01270
Elevation	210–496 m (689–1,627 ft) (avg. 243 m or 797 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Verjon (French pronunciation: ​[vɛʁʒɔ̃]; Arpitan: Vrejon) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

The Solnan has its source in the commune and forms part of its southwestern border.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 464 —     1800 455 −1.9% 1806 552 +21.3% 1821 497 −10.0% 1831 482 −3.0% 1836 483 +0.2% 1841 492 +1.9% 1846 453 −7.9% 1851 489 +7.9% 1856 433 −11.5% 1861 436 +0.7% 1866 446 +2.3% 1872 439 −1.6% 1876 429 −2.3% 1881 401 −6.5% 1886 413 +3.0% 1891 401 −2.9% 1896 378 −5.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 394 +4.2% 1906 405 +2.8% 1911 389 −4.0% 1921 332 −14.7% 1926 315 −5.1% 1931 310 −1.6% 1936 293 −5.5% 1946 277 −5.5% 1954 278 +0.4% 1962 237 −14.7% 1968 205 −13.5% 1975 187 −8.8% 1982 209 +11.8% 1990 235 +12.4% 1999 192 −18.3% 2008 250 +30.2% 2017 295 +18.0%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department