Pougny | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Pougny (Ain).svg |
Arrondissement: | Gex |
Canton: | Thoiry |
Insee: | 01308 |
Postal Code: | 01550 |
Mayor: | Annie Marcelot[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Pays de Gex |
Coordinates: | 46.1394°N 5.9503°W |
Elevation M: | 406 |
Elevation Min M: | 333 |
Elevation Max M: | 461 |
Area Km2: | 7.77 |
Pougny (in French pronounced as /puɲ'i/) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
It lies near the border with Switzerland and is the first French village to be crossed by the Rhône, and a hydro-electric station constructed in 1926 which it shares with the Swiss village of Chancy is named after it.
The commune has a railway station,, on the Lyon–Geneva line. It has regular service to and .