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Coligny, Ain

Coordinates: 46°22′59″N 5°20′46″E / 46.3831°N 5.3461°E / 46.3831; 5.3461
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Coligny
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Coligny
Location of Coligny
Map
Coligny is located in France
Coligny
Coligny
Coligny is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Coligny
Coligny
Coordinates: 46°22′59″N 5°20′46″E / 46.3831°N 5.3461°E / 46.3831; 5.3461
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAin
ArrondissementBourg-en-Bresse
CantonSaint-Étienne-du-Bois
IntercommunalityBassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bruno Raffin[1]
Area
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16.87 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,227
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
01108 /01270
Elevation199–575 m (653–1,886 ft)
(avg. 293 m or 961 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coligny (French pronunciation: [kɔliɲi]; Arpitan: Colignê) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

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The commune lies near Bourg-en-Bresse; the Solnan forms its southwestern border.

The god of Coligny.

Celtic background

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Coligny is famed for its Celtic lunisolar calendar, the "Coligny calendar". The calendar, which dates from the turn of the 1st century, has been key in the understanding of the knowledge of astronomy among the Gauls, and also supplied interesting information about their language (e.g., their names for months and the words for "lucky" and "unlucky"). It was an engraved bronze tablet originally discovered as fragments in 1897.[3] It is written in the Latin alphabet and it represents a five-year cycle composed of three years having twelve lunar months and two years (the first and third) having thirteen lunar months.

At the end of the 19th century a bronze statue was discovered in the town and has been christened the Dieu de Coligny (God of Coligny).

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,111—    
1975 1,077−0.44%
1982 1,132+0.71%
1990 1,117−0.17%
1999 1,091−0.26%
2007 1,147+0.63%
2012 1,166+0.33%
2017 1,181+0.26%
Source: INSEE[4]

Personalities

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Coligny was the birthplace of Joseph Darnand (1897–1945), a French pro-Nazi traitor and leader of the Vichy French Milice.

Lexicographer and poet Marie-Marguerite Brun (1713–1794) was born in Coligny.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Coligny Calendar". Archived from the original on 17 September 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2004. Roman-Britain.org
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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