Joyeux, Ain

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Joyeux
Commune
Chateau
Location of Joyeux
(2020–2026)		Joël Mathy^[1]
Area ¹	16.58 km² (6.40 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	262
• Density	16/km² (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01198 /01800
Elevation	272–298 m (892–978 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Joyeux (French pronunciation: [ʒwajø] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

Joyeux lies less than 5 km (3.1 mi) from the wildlife park at Villars-les-Dombes and 40 km (25 mi) from Lyon in the natural region of the Dombes, a wide extent of middle and upper Pleistocene moraine left near the margin of the 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 twelfth century. In the fifteenth century, it was in the possession of the 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

List of the mayors
Period	Name	Party	Background
2001-2020	Marius Brocard		Farmer
Since 2020	Joël Mathy

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	146	—
1975	142	−0.40%
1982	151	+0.88%
1990	171	+1.57%
1999	206	+2.09%
2009	231	+1.15%
2014	276	+3.62%
2020	266	−0.61%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sights

Old farms typical of the region. The nineteenth century Château de Joyeux.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
^ "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