| Romans | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Romans (Ain).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Bourg-en-Bresse |
| Canton: | Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne |
| Insee: | 01328 |
| Postal Code: | 01400 |
| Mayor: | Jean-Michel Gauthier[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Coordinates: | 46.1167°N 5.0333°W |
| Elevation M: | 265 |
| Elevation Min M: | 227 |
| Elevation Max M: | 280 |
| Area Km2: | 21.8 |
Romans (in French pronounced as /ʁɔmɑ̃/) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
The village is located between Bresse and the Dombes. The river Renon flows through the commune from southeast to northwest. The other rivers in the area are the Irance in the east of the commune and the Chalaronne forming part of the commune's southwestern border.
The land of Romans became in 917 the property of Cluny Abbey, when it was given by Ingelberge, wife of William I, Duke of Aquitaine who founded Cluny Abbey and the daughter of King Boso of Provence.[2]
Romans was attached the lordship of Varax until it was definitively separated when Étienne de Varax son of Henri Varax the third, married Claudine de Saint Amour in 1396, and created the lordship of Romans.[2]
On 4 March 1718, Claude de Lyobard de Brion, Lord of Romans, sold the land of Romans to Claude César Ferrary, squire and King's Counsellor.[2] Romans was transformed into an earldom named Romans-Ferrari in December 1763 thanks to Etienne-Lambert 1714-1766 (son of Claude César).[2] The last earl of Romans-Ferrari was Charles de Romans-Ferrari, his descendant, born in Romans 16 December 1861, and died 27 June 1912 in Commercy.