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{{Infobox French commune
|nomcommune=Joyeux
|region=[[Rhône-Alpes]]
|department=Ain
|arrondissement=Bourg-en-Bresse
|canton=Meximieux
|insee=01198
|cp=01800
|maire=Marius Brocard
|mandat=2001-2008
|intercomm=Plaine de l'Ain
|longitude=5.11083333333
|latitude=45.9619444444
|alt moy=285 m
|alt mini=272 m
|alt maxi=298 m
|hectares=1658
|km²=16,58
|sans=206
|date-sans=1999
|dens=12
|}}
'''Joyeux''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Ain]] in eastern [[France]].
==Geography==
Joyeux lies less than 5 km from the wildlife park at [[Villars-les-Dombes]] and 40 km from [[Lyon]] in the natural region of the [[Dombes]], a wide extent of middle and upper [[Pleistocene]] [[moraine]] left near the margin of the [[Wisconsinan glaciation#Würm glaciation, in the Alps|Alpine ice sheets]]. The commune includes some thirty lakes which together represent some 4 square kilometres of water. The land between them is of gravel, sand and clay.
==History==
The fief of Joyeux was mentioned in the 12th century. In the 15th century, it was in the possession of the [[Claude Louis Hector de Villars|Villars]] family.
On [[13 february]] [[2006]], a wild [[duck]] was found dead on the [[fen]]. It was the first attested case of the presence of the bird flu virus [[H5N1]] in France.
==Administration==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ List of the mayors
|-
! Period !! Name !! Party !! Background
|-Würm
| align=right| March 2001 || Marius Brocard ||align="center"| || retired agricultural worker
|}
''Earlier data are not yet known.''
==Demography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Demographic development
|-
! 1962 !! 1968 !! 1975 !! 1982 !! 1990 !! 1999
|-
| align=center| 135 || align=center| 146 || align=center| 142 || align=center| 151 || align=center| 171|| align=center| 206
|}
Number recorded beginning in 1962 : [[Population without double counting]]
==Sites and monuments==
Old farms typical of the region. The 19th century Château de Joyeux.
==See also==
* [[Communes of the Ain department]]
* [[Dombes]]
==External links==
* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=8571 Joyeux on the IGN (Institut Géographique Nationale) site] In French
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN English route into the IGN site] Geography
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=01198&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Joyeux on the [[INSEE]] site] demography in French
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/page_accueil.paccueil?nivgeo=F&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=EN English route into the INSEE site] Demography
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatProximiteCoord.php?RadLat1=0.802187261217426&RadLong1=0.0892008691921422 Communes nearest to Joyeux]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=010198 Find Joyeux on the map of France]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=FR&addtohistory=&address=&city=Joyeux&zipcode= Plan of Joyeux on Mapquest]
*[http://ladombes.free.fr/Villes_Dombes/Joyeux.htm La Dombes and the city of Joyeux]
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