Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens
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Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens is a commune
in the Ain
department in eastern France
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, which flows west through the commune. The river Ain forms most of the commune's southwestern border.
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...
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Geography
The village lies on the left bank of the river AlbarineAlbarine
The Albarine is a long river in the Ain département, eastern France. Its source is at Brénod. It flows generally southwest. It is a left tributary of the Ain into which it flows at Châtillon-la-Palud, northeast of Lyon.-Communes along its course:...
, which flows west through the commune. The river Ain forms most of the commune's southwestern border.