Samognat is a common French located in the Département of Ain and the area the Rhone-Alps.

History

One found in Samognat of the tombs dated from the Ier century before J.C but the place was inhabited well before. To the XIe century, it belongs to the Lords de Thoire. Samognat was mentioned for the first time in 1138. It is in Louchon, in the wood of Samognat, which was found part of the spoils of the Compagnons of Jéhu. Those had tackled the diligence of Geneva to Lyon, close to the Lake Sylans, in the night of the 25 to the 26 Ventôse of the An VIII. Until the XIXe century, it was a very poor commune very often knowing periods of food shortage. At the end of the XIXe century, the factory of Charmine which exploited a fall of Oignin was one of the first electric factories of France.

Administration

Demography

Graph of evolution of the population 1794-1999

External bonds

• Plane Site of the commune

• Google
• Card Quid
• Given census of 1999
• Localization on the chart of France and communes bordering
• IGN

Random links:

Felton Perry | North Lake | Abi Mohammed Salih | Alex Frost | Jules Joseph Van den Weghe