Seyssel, Ain Explained

Seyssel
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Seyssel (Ain).svg
Arrondissement:Belley
Canton:Plateau d'Hauteville
Insee:01407
Postal Code:01420
Mayor:Michel Botteri[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CC Usses et Rhône
Coordinates:45.9558°N 5.8319°W
Elevation M:258
Elevation Min M:250
Elevation Max M:332
Area Km2:2.40

Seyssel (in French pronounced as /sɛsɛl/; Sèssél) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies on the west (right) bank of the Rhône.

The part of the town across the Rhône is also named Seyssel but located in the Haute-Savoie department, and is locally referred as Seyssel-Savoie. It is a rare case in France of two homonymous communes adjacent to each other, similar to the situation of the village of Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont, divided between the communes of Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont (Isère) and Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont (Savoie).

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  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr. 7 May 2024. 28 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200628030259/https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503. live.