Joyeux 2761567 221132513 2008-06-23T04:54:27Z Rei-bot 3258344 robot Adding: [[pt:Joyeux (Ain)]] {{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] {{Ain-geo-stub}} {{Ain communes}} [[Category:communes of Ain]] [[ar:جويو، أين]] [[frp:Joyœx]] [[ceb:Joyeux]] [[es:Joyeux]] [[fr:Joyeux (Ain)]] [[it:Joyeux]] [[pam:Joyeux]] [[nl:Joyeux]] [[pl:Joyeux]] [[pt:Joyeux (Ain)]] [[vo:Joyeux]]