Foissiat

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Foissiat

Total population

2,014

Elevation186 m

Land area40.36 km²

Coordinates46.37°, 5.18°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Foissiat is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Peter Chanel

Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr (1803-1841)

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Pierre de Thury

cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

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Prosper Convert

French chansonnier and sculptor (1852-1933)

Pierre de La Baume

Catholic cardinal

Laurens Gorrevod

Dutch diplomat

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Amédée Mercier

French politician (1890–1973)

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Benoît Alhoste

painter (c.1620-1677)

Joseph Pochon

French politician (1840–1908)

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Louis Robin

French politician (1923-2014)

Léon Bouveret

French internists (1850–1929)

Jean Joseph Émile Létiévant

surgeon from France

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Jean Stanislas Bochard

French politician

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Paul Bozonet

French politician (1852-1935)

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Jean Godefroid Ginod

bishop of Aoste

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Claude Marie Joseph Dumarché-Bolozon

French politician and officer

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Antonin Bonnel

French professor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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  14.6 mi away · pop. 3,899
• Ceyzériat
  15.1 mi away · pop. 3,285
• Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne
  20.2 mi away · pop. 5,059
• Arbent
  24.6 mi away · pop. 3,409
• Nantua
  25.4 mi away · pop. 3,449
• Ambronay
  26.7 mi away · pop. 2,833
• Montmerle-sur-Saône
  28 mi away · pop. 3,792
• Saint-André-de-Corcy
  32.4 mi away · pop. 3,368
• Jassans-Riottier
  33.3 mi away · pop. 6,355
• Reyrieux
  34.5 mi away · pop. 5,098
• Trévoux
  35.4 mi away · pop. 6,947
• Dagneux
  36 mi away · pop. 4,753

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Gallery

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