Hautecourt-Romanèche

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Hautecourt-Romanèche
Commune
Town hall
Location of Hautecourt-Romanèche
(2020–2026)		Marc Rochet^[1]
Area ¹	21.60 km² (8.34 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	758
• Density	35/km² (91/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01184 /01250
Elevation	260–548 m (853–1,798 ft) (avg. 324 m or 1,063 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hautecourt-Romanèche (French pronunciation: [otkuʁ ʁɔmanɛʃ]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

The commune comprises many villages and hamlets including: Challes, Chambod, Hautecourt, Merlot, Perroi, Romaneche, Soiriat and Villette.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	446	—
1975	456	+0.32%
1982	549	+2.69%
1990	588	+0.86%
1999	676	+1.56%
2009	760	+1.18%
2014	793	+0.85%
2020	756	−0.79%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sights

The commune's biggest tourist attraction is the Island of Chambod which also has a camp site. There is also the Donjon de Buenc which used to be an outpost along the Savoy frontier. The village of Hautecourt is also home to a rare type of cave which is only accessed once every seven years so as not to disturb the many species that are indigenous to it.

Sports

The commune also has a football team who regularly play in Hautecourt in their home colours of purple.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 10 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE