Martignat

Martignat
Commune
Town hall
Location of Martignat
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Coordinates: 46°12′36″N 5°36′34″E / 46.21°N 5.6094°E / 46.21; 5.6094
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Nantua
Canton	Nantua
Intercommunality	Haut-Bugey Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julien Issartel[1]
Area ^1	13.25 km^2 (5.12 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	1,664
• Density	125.6/km^2 (325.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01237 /01100
Elevation	490–974 m (1,608–3,196 ft) (avg. 514 m or 1,686 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Martignat (French pronunciation: [maʁtiɲa]; Arpitan: Martegnê) is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.

Politics and administration

List of Mayors of Martignat

In office		Name	Party	Capacity	Ref.
1860s		François-Marie Gaget		One of 36 jurors during the trial of Martin Dumollard.	[3]
1989	March 2014	Guy Jacquiot
March 2014	May 2020	Yves Locatelli	Ind.	Retired
May 2020	Present	Julien Issartel

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	547	—
1975	791	+5.41%
1982	875	+1.45%
1990	1,003	+1.72%
1999	1,265	+2.61%
2007	1,564	+2.69%
2012	1,585	+0.27%
2017	1,654	+0.86%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

1. "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 6 May 2024.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. Cuisinier, Rémi (2008). Dumollard : l'assassin des bonnes. Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne: La Taillanderie. p. 125. ISBN 978-2-87629-389-2. OCLC 762605728.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 26 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE