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Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpestown
Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
Total population
11,326
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Bellegarde-sur-Valserine est une ancienne commune française, située dans le département de l'Ain en région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes à la frontière avec le département de la Haute-Savoie. La ville, localisée au confluent du Rhône et de la Valserine, est peuplée de 11 450 habitants en 2018, ce qui la classe au sixième rang du département de l'Ain au regard de la population. Le 1er janvier 2019, elle devient commune déléguée et chef-lieu de Valserhône. Elle est notamment connue pour être la première ville française à avoir été éclairée à l’électricité.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Eurasian CootFulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves3,386
- European roe deerCapreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia2,874
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) · Mammalia2,602
- European hareLepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 · Mammalia2,391
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves2,282
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves2,224
- red foxVulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia2,103
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves2,087
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.6 — 2026-01-124 km SSW of Les Houches, France
- M 3.3 — 2025-05-068 km W of Chapareillan, France
- M 3.3 — 2022-09-257 km ESE of Ar?ches-la-Frasse, France
- M 4.5 — 2022-03-123 km S of Faverges, France
- M 3.4 — 2020-06-2311 km ESE of Samoëns, France
- M 3.2 — 2017-11-1710 km NNE of Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne, France
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 01033
- Population (Wikidata)
- 11,450
- Wikidata
- Q191475
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr