Béligneux
Encyclopedia
Béligneux is a commune
in the Ain
department in eastern France
.
. The commune includes part of the village of La Valbonne at the foot of the hill (the rest belongs to the neighboring commune of Balan
) and the hamlet of Chânes.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Ain
Ain
Ain is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. Being part of the region Rhône-Alpes and bordered by the rivers Saône and Rhône, the department of Ain enjoys a privileged geographic situation...
department in eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
It lies about 30 km northeast of LyonLyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
. The commune includes part of the village of La Valbonne at the foot of the hill (the rest belongs to the neighboring commune of Balan
Balan, Ain
Balan is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-Population:...
) and the hamlet of Chânes.