Saint-Martin-de-Bavel
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Saint-Martin-de-Bavel | |
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| Coordinates: 45°51′00″N 5°41′00″E / 45.85°N 5.6833°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Belley |
| Canton | Belley |
| Intercommunality | CC Bugey Sud |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Xavier Vincent[1] |
Area 1 | 8.50 km2 (3.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 431 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Saint-Martenants |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01372 /01510 |
| Elevation | 249–442 m (817–1,450 ft) (avg. 339 m or 1,112 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Martin-de-Bavel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ də bavɛl]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Its inhabitants are called Saint-Martenant(e)s in French.[3]
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Land distribution
Typology
Saint-Martin-de-Bavel is a rural commune. It is a commune of relatively low density as classified by the national commune density classification of the INSEE.[6][7]
The commune is part of the Belley region as defined by the INSEE. This region, which encompasses 31 communes, contains less than 50,000 inhabitants in total.[8][9]
Geography
According to the European land distribution database Corine Land Cover (CLC), there is significant agricultural land use in the region (57.7% in 2018)—a lesser figure than in 1990 (62.8%). In 2018, the detailed land breakdown was the following: forests (36%), agricultural zones (23.7%), meadows (22.7%), arable land (11.3%), urban areas (4.8%), shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation (1.6%).[10]
