Torcieu

Torcieu
Torcieu
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Torcieu
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey
Intercommunality	Vallée de l'Albarine
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Françoise Giraudet
Area1	10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	685
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01421 / 01230
Elevation	257–782 m (843–2,566 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Torcieu is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Geography

The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the river Albarine, which flows west through the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	750	—
1800	531	−29.2%
1806	923	+73.8%
1821	918	−0.5%
1831	992	+8.1%
1836	919	−7.4%
1841	881	−4.1%
1846	904	+2.6%
1851	879	−2.8%
1856	1,052	+19.7%
1861	797	−24.2%
1866	768	−3.6%
1872	741	−3.5%
1876	717	−3.2%
1881	680	−5.2%
1886	641	−5.7%
1891	625	−2.5%
1896	604	−3.4%
1901	562	−7.0%
1906	511	−9.1%
1911	478	−6.5%
1921	488	+2.1%
1926	490	+0.4%
1931	533	+8.8%
1936	497	−6.8%
1946	460	−7.4%
1954	469	+2.0%
1962	448	−4.5%
1968	429	−4.2%
1975	460	+7.2%
1982	543	+18.0%
1990	569	+4.8%
1999	646	+13.5%
2008	685	+6.0%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE