Anglefort

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Anglefort is a commune in Bugey on the right bank of the Rhone at the foot of the mountain of Grand Colombier which has a panorama of the Alps and the Jura mountains.

The commune is located 25 km south of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and 30 km north by north-west of Aix-les-Bains. Access to the commune is by road D992 from Seyssel in the north passing through the length of the commune and the village to Culoz in the south. There is also access on road D120 which is a highly circuitous route from Lochieu in the west continuing to the village as the D120A and continuing south through the Col du Grand Colombier (1,501m) to Culoz. A railway line passes through the commune from north to south with a station to the east of the village.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Anglefort,+France/@45.8998349,5.820316,12124m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x478b7075ebf08c23:0x408ab2ae4c21820?hl=en Google Maps]

The Rhône river runs south along the eastern border of the commune and Le Verdet stream flows from the north to the south of the commune into the Rhone.

The alluvial aquifer fed by the Rhone is threatened by an internal discharge created by the Pechiney Group. Foundry waste, metal dust, and recovered acid from filters have been buried in the Chautagnard marsh with a probable contamination by heavy metals and arsenic.[http://www.robindesbois.org/dossiers/pechiney1003.pdf Note by the Robin Hood NGO called The casseroles of Pechiney] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906063311/http://www.robindesbois.org/dossiers/pechiney1003.pdf |date=6 September 2015 }}, dated 6 October 2003 {{in lang|fr}}

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|Centre = Anglefort

|North = Corbonod

|Northeast = Seyssel

|East = Motz

|Southeast = Serrieres-en-Chautagne

|South = Culoz

|Southwest = Chavornay

|West = Lochieu

|Northwest = Songieu

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The Priory of Anglefort was located on the communal territory in the Middle Ages. In 1590 Guillaume DrujonJean Létanche, The old Castles, Fortified houses, and feudal ruins in the canton of Yenne and Savoy, The History Book of Lorisse, 1907 ({{ISBN|9782843738135}}) p. 18. {{in lang|fr}} was a priest and he became abbot in 1620.

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List of mayors of Anglefort[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=2100 List of Mayors of France] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903101100/http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=2100 |date=3 September 2014 }} {{in lang|fr}}

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-01010#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726071806/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-01010#ancre-POP_T1 |date=26 July 2022 }}, INSEE

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|1968 |528

|1975 |697

|1982 |714

|1990 |687

|1999 |769

|2007 |918

|2012 |1069

|2017 |1115

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The Électricité de France (EDF) Dam is on the Rhone river in the territory of the commune and there is a factory producing silicon. Formerly the property of the Pechiney Electro-metallurgy group, the factory has passed successively into the hands of Alcan (Canada), and the Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto at the whim of successive buy-backs of this former French industrial flagship.

• Two sites are registered as historical monuments in the commune:
• The old Chateau of Anglefort (18th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00116292|PA00116292 Chateau}} {{in lang|fr}} formerly the seat of the Lordship of Anglefort and rebuilt in 1741.
• The Chateau of Mieugy Park{{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA01000327|IA01000327 Chateau of Mieugy Park}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The remains of the Chateau de la Rochette which dominates the Rhone was the seat of the Lordship of Rochette, mentioned in 1407.

• Monseigneur Jacques-François Besson, born in Mieugy, Bishop of Metz from 1824 to 1842

• Communes of the Ain department

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• [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=5.8092,45.9131&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Anglefort on Géoportail], National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=45.9131&lon=5.8092&zoom=13 Anglefort on the 1750 Cassini Map]

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Category:Communes of Ain