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Ceyzériat (French pronunciation: [sɛzeʁja]) is a commune in the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Ceyzériat station has rail connections to Bourg-en-Bresse and Oyonnax.
Ceyzériat | |
|---|---|
Commune | |
 Historic hôtel de ville | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ceyzériat  | |
  Ceyzériat  Ceyzériat | |
| Coordinates: 46°10′44″N 5°19′26″E / 46.1788°N 5.3238°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse |
| Canton | Ceyzériat |
| Intercommunality | Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Yves Flochon[1] |
Area 1 | 9.36 km2 (3.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,285 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01072 /01250 |
| Elevation | 240–585 m (787–1,919 ft) (avg. 338 m or 1,109 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
editHippolyte Paul Jayr, twice minister during the July Monarchy, was mayor of the commune at the end of the 19th century. The French archaeologist and assyriologist Maurice Pézard (1876–1923) died in this commune.
Geography
editClimate
editCeyzériat has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Ceyzériat is 11.7 °C (53.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,032.6 mm (40.65 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.4 °C (68.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.1 °C (37.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ceyzériat was 39.2 °C (102.6 °F) on 4 August 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.6 °C (0.3 °F) on 20 December 2009.
| Climate data for Ceyzériat (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1994−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.4 (65.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
32.9 (91.2) |
36.7 (98.1) |
38.5 (101.3) |
39.2 (102.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
7.6 (45.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
7.0 (44.6) |
3.8 (38.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) |
0.2 (32.4) |
2.3 (36.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
3.6 (38.5) |
0.9 (33.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.3 (4.5) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−17.6 (0.3) |
−17.6 (0.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 81.1 (3.19) |
69.1 (2.72) |
74.5 (2.93) |
85.8 (3.38) |
101.3 (3.99) |
75.5 (2.97) |
80.9 (3.19) |
86.5 (3.41) |
79.5 (3.13) |
103.9 (4.09) |
108.0 (4.25) |
86.5 (3.41) |
1,032.6 (40.65) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.0 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 11.1 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 12.7 | 123.2 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Politics and administration
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| In office | Name | Party | Capacity | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 1976 | Émile Bouvard | Rad. | General councillor for the Canton of Ceyzériat | |
| March 1977 | March 1983 | Albert Métras | DVD | ||
| March 1983 | June 1995 | Camille Cornier | |||
| June 1995 | March 2001 | Jacques Michon | |||
| March 2001 | Incumbent | Jean-Yves Flochon | UMP-LR | Departmental councillor | |
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,503 | — |
| 1975 | 1,761 | +2.29% |
| 1982 | 1,956 | +1.51% |
| 1990 | 2,058 | +0.64% |
| 1999 | 2,390 | +1.68% |
| 2007 | 2,594 | +1.03% |
| 2012 | 2,939 | +2.53% |
| 2017 | 3,157 | +1.44% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Ceyzeriat SAPC (01)". Meteociel. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 26 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE
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