| Arbignieu | |
| 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: | 45.7294°N 5.6511°W |
| Elevation M: | 300 |
| Elevation Min M: | 221 |
| Elevation Max M: | 495 |
| Area Km2: | 13.07 |
| Population: | 525 |
| Population Date: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Arbignieu (in French pronounced as /aʁbiɲø/) is a former commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Arboys en Bugey.[2]
The commune is located 4 km south-west of Belley and 30 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.[3]
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.[3]
List of mayors of Arbignieu[4]
| From | To | Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2014 | Daniel Girardet | |||
| 2014 | 2015 | Charles Berger |
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arbignolans or Arbignolanes in French.[5]