Ségny

Ségny
Town hall Town hall
Ségny
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Ségny
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Gex
Canton	Gex
Intercommunality	Pays de Gex
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Michel Guette
Area1	3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,581
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01399 / 01170
Elevation	467–519 m (1,532–1,703 ft) (avg. 479 m or 1,572 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ségny, also written Segny, is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Ségny is situated in the east of the department, in a district of the Lake Geneva / River Rhône basin known as the Pays de Gex. It lies on the important RN 5 trunk road from Paris to Geneva and is just five minutes by road from Geneva Cointrin International Airport. A local bus service connects Ségny to Geneva city centre, which is some 13 km (8.1 mi) away.

Ségny became a member of the Pays de Gex Community of Communes on 1 January 1996. The commune is bordered by Cessy to the north, Versonnex to the east, Prévessin-Moëns and Ornex to the south, and Échenevex and Chevry to the west.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	221	—
1800	432	+95.5%
1806	261	−39.6%
1821	253	−3.1%
1831	311	+22.9%
1836	328	+5.5%
1841	316	−3.7%
1846	280	−11.4%
1851	282	+0.7%
1856	270	−4.3%
1861	264	−2.2%
1866	284	+7.6%
1872	292	+2.8%
1876	300	+2.7%
1881	289	−3.7%
1886	275	−4.8%
1891	253	−8.0%
1896	235	−7.1%
1901	257	+9.4%
1906	237	−7.8%
1911	249	+5.1%
1921	250	+0.4%
1926	239	−4.4%
1931	216	−9.6%
1936	217	+0.5%
1946	201	−7.4%
1954	223	+10.9%
1962	279	+25.1%
1968	449	+60.9%
1975	783	+74.4%
1982	1,002	+28.0%
1990	1,211	+20.9%
1999	1,348	+11.3%
2008	1,581	+17.3%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE