Beauregard | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Bourg-en-Bresse |
Canton: | Trévoux |
Insee: | 01030 |
Postal Code: | 01480 |
Mayor: | Nadia Guyon[1] |
Term: | 2024 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Dombes-Saône Vallée |
Coordinates: | 46.0027°N 4.752°W |
Elevation M: | 180 |
Elevation Min M: | 168 |
Elevation Max M: | 240 |
Area Km2: | 0.94 |
Beauregard (in French pronounced as /boʁɡaʁ/) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Beauregard is located in the south-western part of the Ain department in the fertile Val de Saône some 35 km north of Lyon and 2 km east of Villefranche-sur-Saône.
Beauregard takes its name from the castle built in 1290 by Gui de Chabeu on a hill overlooking the Saône and the hills of Beaujolais. The castle fell into ruin in about 1735. Restoration began in the 19th century and continues today.
A fire destroyed much of the village, and few old dwellings remain.
On 31 December 1954, Fareins-les-Beauregard was taken from Fareins and attached to Beauregard.