1Le Colomby de Gex (1,688 m)
2Le Grand Crêt (1,702 m)
3Crêt de la Neige (1,720 m)
4Le Reculet (1,718 m)
Why is the Ain department named after the river?
Bordered by the Saône, the Rhône and the Jura mountains, a name was needed for this multi-faceted territory, which follows borders defined since the Middle Ages.
After the French Revolution, there was a need to break away from the old provinces of the kingdom. Names of rivers and mountains were chosen to rename the 83 departments. Today, of France’s 101 départements, some 60 are named after rivers…
Here, we’ve chosen the one that runs through them all. When Ain became a département in 1790, the river was a natural choice. It links the Jura massif to the Rhône plains, draws a line between Bresse, Dombes and Bugey, and unifies a territory that only needed a common thread.
Milestones / Anecdote
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