Villars-les-Dombes
Villars-les-Dombes (literally Villars near Dombes) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Its people are known as Villardois.
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• Name — Villars-les-Dombes • Commune Status — Commune • Arrondissement — Bourg-en-Bresse • Canton — Villars-les-Dombes • Insee — 01443 • Postal Code — 01330 • Mayor — Pierre Larrieu • Term — 2020–2026 • Intercommunality — Dombes • Elevation M — 279 • Elevation Min M — 263 • Elevation Max M — 295 • Area Km2 — 24.63
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Villars-les-Dombes is a place documented in the authority records of the Etalab API Découpage administratif and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Villars-les-Dombes as an inhabited place. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Villars-les-Dombes as a commune. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as the administrative unit of Villars-les-Dombes. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Ain as the administrative unit of Villars-les-Dombes. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes as the administrative region of Villars-les-Dombes. Etalab API Découpage administratif records France as the country of Villars-les-Dombes.
Geography
Geography
The town is located within Ain, half-way between Lyon (33 km) and Bourg-en-Bresse (29 km), in the heart of the area known as the Dombes, notable for its hundreds of lakes which are waterfowl habitats and are suitable for breeding fish. Its ornithological park, Parc des Oiseaux, is the largest in France. The Chalaronne river forms part of the commune's south-western border, flows northward through the western part of the commune, crosses the town, then forms part of its northern border.
History
History
The lordship of Villars (of which archival evidence dates from 940) became, by marriage, the lordship of Thoire-et-Vilars in 1188, and in about 1400 its caput was Trévoux (the estate was managed from there). In 1565, Villars was promoted to a marquisate dependent on the house of Savoie (Savoy), a benefice of the Honour of Savoy.
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The area of Villars-les-Dombes is 2,472.61 hectares, according to the Etalab API Découpage administratif. The Etalab API Découpage administratif records the postal code 01330 for Villars-les-Dombes.
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- 1.data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. Répertoire national des élus: les maires. 13 September 2022.
- 2.Cassini-Ehess 40059 Villars-les-Dombes
- 3.Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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