Coligny, Ain

Coligny (Francoprovençal: Colignê) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Coligny
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Coligny
Coligny
Coligny
Coordinates: 46°22′59″N 5°20′46″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAin
ArrondissementBourg-en-Bresse
CantonSaint-Étienne-du-Bois
IntercommunalityBassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Bruno Raffin
Area
1
16.87 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,181
 • Density70/km2 (180/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.

Geography

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

The god of Coligny.

Celtic background

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.[2] 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
Historical population
YearPop.±%
20061,140—    
20071,147+0.6%
20081,150+0.3%
20091,148−0.2%
20101,154+0.5%
20111,160+0.5%
20121,166+0.5%
20131,164−0.2%
20141,198+2.9%
20151,193−0.4%
20161,187−0.5%

Personalities

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.

gollark: It would probably be workable to just make `libhydraz` contain only the table of quotes as strings, and to make `autohydraz` or whatever do all the work.
gollark: Do I need to edit the `moon` or `lua` bit?
gollark: Elegant? Not really. Workable? Probably.
gollark: I can just make `notification` or whatever just return the relevant thing, or get rid of htat.
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-09-17. Retrieved 2004-09-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Roman-Britain.org



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