Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
Bèlagouârda (Arpitan) | |
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Part of Valserhône | |
![]() Former Bellegarde-sur-Valserine Town Hall and current Valserhône Town Hall | |
Coordinates: 46°06′30″N 5°49′36″E / 46.1083°N 5.8267°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Ain |
Arrondissement | Nantua |
Canton | Bellegarde-sur-Valserine |
Commune | Valserhône |
Area 1 | 15 km2 (6 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | 11,268 |
• Density | 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 01200 |
Elevation | 330–1,542 m (1,083–5,059 ft) (avg. 485 m or 1,591 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bellegarde-sur-Valserine (French pronunciation: [bɛlɡaʁd syʁ valsəʁin], literally Bellegarde on Valserine; Arpitan: Bèlagouârda) is a former commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Valserhône.[2]