Ain (Departement, France)

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• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
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• Ain (Department, France): Municipal flags
  • Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

Administrative data

Code: 01
Region: Rhône-Alpes
Traditional province: Burgundy (Bourgogne)
Bordering departments: Isère, Jura, Rhône, Saône-et-Loire, Savoie, Haute-Savoie
Bordering country: Switzerland (cantons of Genève and Vaud)

Area: 5,762 km²
Population (1995): 500, 400 inhabitants

Préfecture: Bourg-en-Bresse
Sous-préfectures: Belley, Gex, Nantua
Subdivisions: 4 arrondissements, 43 cantons, 419 communes.

The department is named after the river Ain (200 km), tributary of Rhône.