Lancrans

{{short description|Part of Valserhône in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Lancrans

|native name = {{native name|frp|Lancrens}}

|image = Waterfall near the Barrage de Métral - panoramio.jpg

|caption = Waterfall in Lancrans

|arrondissement = Nantua

|canton = Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

|INSEE = 01205

|postal code = 01200

|commune = Valserhône

|coordinates = {{coord|46.125|5.8342|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 625

|elevation min m = 350

|elevation max m = 1606

|area km2 = 9.66

|population = 1074

|population date = 2022

|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=INSEE|date=December 2024}}

}}

Lancrans ({{IPA|fr|lɑ̃kʁɑ̃}}; {{langx|frp|Lancrens}}) is a former commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Valserhône.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?dateTexte=&categorieLien=id&cidTexte=JORFTEXT000037826668&fastPos=66&fastReqId=1563819486&navigator=navigatornaturetexte&modifier=ARRETE&oldAction=rechExpTexteJorf Arrêté préfectoral], 22 October 2018 {{in lang|fr}} In 1858, Vanchy (renamed Coupy in 1907, merged in 1966 into Bellegarde-sur-Valserine) and Confort separated from Lancrans to form new communes.