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Joyeux
Commune
Chateau
Location of Joyeux
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Coordinates: 45°57′43″N 5°06′39″E / 45.9619°N 5.1108°E / 45.9619; 5.1108
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Meximieux
Intercommunality	Plaine de l'Ain
Government
• Mayor (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

Population

Sights

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

See also

• Communes of the Ain department
• Dombes

References

External links

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