Villemotier

Villemotier
Commune
Town hall
Villemotier Villemotier
Coordinates: 46°20′46″N 5°19′16″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)	Pierre Guillet
Area 1	13.86 km2 (5.35 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01445 /01270
Elevation	197–261 m (646–856 ft) (avg. 219 m or 719 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villemotier (French pronunciation: ​[vilmɔtje]; Arpitan: Lamotiér) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

The Solnan forms parts of the commune's eastern and western borders; it flows southwest through the eastern part of the commune and north through its middle.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 810 —     1800 801 −1.1% 1806 828 +3.4% 1821 780 −5.8% 1831 739 −5.3% 1836 732 −0.9% 1841 794 +8.5% 1846 763 −3.9% 1851 784 +2.8% 1856 733 −6.5% 1861 729 −0.5% 1866 797 +9.3% 1872 801 +0.5% 1876 794 −0.9% 1881 784 −1.3% 1886 818 +4.3% 1891 762 −6.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 798 +4.7% 1901 725 −9.1% 1906 698 −3.7% 1911 720 +3.2% 1921 632 −12.2% 1926 623 −1.4% 1931 604 −3.0% 1936 590 −2.3% 1946 562 −4.7% 1954 504 −10.3% 1962 434 −13.9% 1968 403 −7.1% 1975 372 −7.7% 1982 384 +3.2% 1990 419 +9.1% 1999 455 +8.6% 2008 597 +31.2%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department