Saint-Nizier-le-Désert

Saint-Nizier-le-Désert is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Saint-Nizier-le-Désert
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Nizier-le-Désert
Location of Saint-Nizier-le-Désert
Saint-Nizier-le-Désert Saint-Nizier-le-Désert
Coordinates: 46°03′N 5°09′E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Ceyzériat
Intercommunality	Chalamont
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Françoise Bernillon
Area ^1	24.96 km^2 (9.64 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	916
• Density	37/km^2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01381 /01320
Elevation	268–323 m (879–1,060 ft) (avg. 281 m or 922 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	561	—
1800	411	−26.7%
1806	514	+25.1%
1821	502	−2.3%
1831	484	−3.6%
1836	480	−0.8%
1841	464	−3.3%
1846	483	+4.1%
1851	532	+10.1%
1856	490	−7.9%
1861	532	+8.6%
1866	545	+2.4%
1872	628	+15.2%
1876	602	−4.1%
1881	620	+3.0%
1886	658	+6.1%
1891	650	−1.2%
1896	610	−6.2%
1901	580	−4.9%
1906	576	−0.7%
1911	603	+4.7%
1921	539	−10.6%
1926	525	−2.6%
1931	528	+0.6%
1936	493	−6.6%
1946	519	+5.3%
1954	451	−13.1%
1962	392	−13.1%
1968	355	−9.4%
1975	375	+5.6%
1982	390	+4.0%
1990	484	+24.1%
1999	489	+1.0%
2008	858	+75.5%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.