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{{short description|Part of Arboys en Bugey in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Arbignieu
|image                  = EglisePeyzieu.JPG
|caption                = Church in Peyzieu
|image coat of arms     = Blason de la ville de Arbignieu (Ain).svg
|arrondissement         = Belley
|canton                 = Belley
|INSEE                  = 01015
|postal code            = 01300
|commune                = [[Arboys en Bugey]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|45.7294|5.6511|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 300
|elevation min m        = 221
|elevation max m        = 495
|area km2               = 13.07
|population             = 559
|population date        = 2022
|population footnotes   = <ref name=pop2022>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]|date=December 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''Arbignieu''' ({{IPA|fr|aʁbiɲø}}) is a former [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Ain]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] region of eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune [[Arboys en Bugey]].<ref>[http://www.ain.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/A-CNE_NOUVELLE_ARBIGNIEU_ST_BOIS.pdf Arrêté préfectoral] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121180536/http://www.ain.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/A-CNE_NOUVELLE_ARBIGNIEU_ST_BOIS.pdf |date=2021-11-21 }} 29 September 2015 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

==Geography==
The commune is located 4&nbsp;km south-west of [[Belley]] and 30&nbsp;km north-west of [[Chambery]]. It is traversed by the ''Tour du Bugey'' trail. It lies in the ''[[Appellation d'origine contrôlée]]'' (AOC) zone for wine from Bugey with the label "Roussette du Bugey-Arbignieu".

The commune can be accessed on the D69 from Belley in the north-east which continues west to [[Colomieu]]. The D100 road also branches from the D49 at the northern edge of the commune and goes south along the eastern side of the commune joining the D10 which passes through the commune from the D992 in the east through the hamlet of Peyzieu then south-west to [[Saint-Bois]]. There are three hamlets in the commune other than Arbignieu: Thoys, Slignieu, and Peyzieu. The commune is approximately half farmland and half forest with most of the forest along the western border.<ref name=Google>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/01300+Arbignieu,+France/@45.7284579,5.6525016,12152m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x478b1378e692ca33:0x408ab2ae4c217d0?hl=en Google Maps]</ref>

The ''Furans'' river forms the eastern border of the commune and then flows east to join the [[Rhone]]. The ''Ruisseau d'Armaille'' flows from west to east across the commune into the Furans.<ref name=Google/>

[[File:Furans Neige.JPG|thumb|none|The Furans near Peyzieu]]

{{Geographic location
| title = '''Neighbouring communes and villages'''<ref name=Google/>
|width=auto
|Centre    = Arbignieu 
|North     = [[Andert-et-Condon]]
|Northeast = [[Belley]]
|East      = Petit Brens
|Southeast = [[La Balme]]
|South     = [[Prémeyzel]]
|Southwest = [[Saint-Benoît, Ain|Saint-Benoit]]
|West      = [[Colomieu]]
|Northwest = [[Saint-Germain-les-Paroisses]]
}}

==Administration==

{{incomplete list|date=April 2021}}
'''List of mayors of Arbignieu'''<ref>[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=2105 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! From !! To !! Name !! Party !! Position
|-
| 1995 || 2014 || Daniel Girardet ||  || 
|-
| 2014 || 2015 || Charles Berger ||  || 
|}

==Population==

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arbignolans'' or ''Arbignolanes'' in French.<ref>[https://www.habitants.fr/ain-01 Le nom des habitants du 01 - Ain], habitants.fr</ref>

{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2123937?geo=COM-01015 Populations légales 2011], INSEE</ref><ref name=pop2022/>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|2006|464
|2011|484
|2022|559
}}

==Sites and monuments==
*The '''Ball of Gargantua''' (stone cups)
*The ruins of the '''Chateau of Longecombe''', a former [[Fief]] owned by the Luyrieu Family in the 14th century.
*The '''[[Fortified house]]''' of Thoy or Thuey
*'''General Parra's House''' (18th century) at Sillignieu
*The '''Church of Peyzieu''', a hamlet in Arbignieu

==Notable people linked to the commune==
*'''Césaire Nivière''' (1799-1879), agronomist, was born in Peyzieu in the current territory of the commune.

==See also==
* [[Communes of the Ain department]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Arbignieu}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070313145602/http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=8220 Arbignieu on the old National Geographic Institute website] {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=5.6511,45.7294&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Arbignieu on Géoportail], [[Institut géographique national|National Geographic Institute]] (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=45.7294&lon=5.6511&zoom=13 ''Arbignieu'' on the 1750 Cassini Map]

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[[Category:Former communes of Ain]]
[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2016]]
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 2016]]