Saint-Martin-de-Bavel

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Saint-Martin-de-Bavel
Commune

Location of Saint-Martin-de-Bavel
(2020–2026)		Xavier Vincent^[1]
Area ¹	8.50 km² (3.28 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	436
• Density	51/km² (130/sq mi)
Demonym	Saint-Martenants
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01372 /01510
Elevation	249–442 m (817–1,450 ft) (avg. 339 m or 1,112 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-de-Bavel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də bavɛl]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Demographics

Its inhabitants are called Saint-Martenant(e)s in French.^[3]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	447	—
1800	460	+0.41%
1806	533	+2.49%
1821	486	−0.61%
1831	598	+2.10%
1836	621	+0.76%
1841	670	+1.53%
1846	668	−0.06%
1851	693	+0.74%
1856	640	−1.58%
1861	619	−0.67%
1866	618	−0.03%
1872	658	+1.05%
1876	668	+0.38%
1881	661	−0.21%
1886	665	+0.12%
1891	659	−0.18%
1896	617	−1.31%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	562	−1.85%
1906	557	−0.18%
1911	565	+0.29%
1921	512	−0.98%
1926	481	−1.24%
1931	445	−1.54%
1936	407	−1.77%
1946	371	−0.92%
1954	331	−1.42%
1962	305	−1.02%
1968	304	−0.05%
1975	304	+0.00%
1982	282	−1.07%
1990	327	+1.87%
1999	332	+0.17%
2009	449	+3.06%
2014	431	−0.81%
2020	441	+0.38%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Land distribution

Typology

Saint-Martin-de-Bavel is a rural commune. It is a commune of relatively low density as classified by the national commune density classification of the INSEE.^[6]^[7]

The commune is part of the Belley region as defined by the INSEE. This region, which encompasses 31 communes, contains less than 50,000 inhabitants in total.^[8]^[9]

Geography

According to the European land distribution database Corine Land Cover (CLC), there is significant agricultural land use in the region (57.7% in 2018)—a lesser figure than in 1990 (62.8%). In 2018, the detailed land breakdown was the following: forests (36%), agricultural zones (23.7%), meadows (22.7%), arable land (11.3%), urban areas (4.8%), shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation (1.6%).^[10]

Personalities

Joseph-Benoît (1812-1880), a canut from Lyon, was born in Saint-Martin-de-Bavel.^{[citation needed]}
Jean Augustin Carrié de Boissy (1764-1838), a French military man, died in Saint-Martin-de-Bavel.^{[citation needed]}
Louis-Anthelme Carrier (1773-1838), military general, was born and died in the commune.^{[citation needed]}

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 7 May 2024.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Ain Archived 17 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine, habitants.fr.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Martin-de-Bavel, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 11 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
^ "Définition - Commune urbaine | Insee". www.insee.fr. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "Comprendre la grille de densité | L'Observatoire des Territoires". www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "Base des aires d'attraction des villes 2020 | Insee". www.insee.fr. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "En France, neuf personnes sur dix vivent dans l'aire d'attraction d'une ville - Insee Focus - 211". www.insee.fr. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "CORINE Land Cover | Données et études statistiques". www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2021.