Rignieux-le-Franc

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Rignieux-le-Franc

|commune status = Commune

|image = Mairie de Rignieux-le-Franc - 2.JPG

|caption = Town hall

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Rignieu-le-Franc (Ain).svg

|arrondissement = Belley

|canton = Meximieux

|INSEE = 01325

|postal code = 01800

|mayor = Pascal Pain{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr|access-date=22 November 2022|archive-date=28 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628030259/https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|url-status=live}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality =

|coordinates = {{coord|45.9333|5.1833|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 270

|elevation min m = 237

|elevation max m = 316

|area km2 = 15.02

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Rignieux-le-Franc ({{IPA|fr|ʁiɲø lə fʁɑ̃}}) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

History

Property of Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu and coming from Fontaines-sur-Saône, an early Christian sarcophagus was stored in Rignieux-le-Franc, before being bought by the Louvre in 1864.

At the end of the 16th century, the lands of Rignieux-le-Franc belonged to the Saillans de Brézenaud.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-01325#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121030139/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-01325#ancre-POP_T1 |date=21 November 2023 }}, INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |205

|1975 |286

|1982 |553

|1990 |743

|1999 |839

|2007 |937

|2012 |960

|2017 |971

|2020 |1065

}}