Saint-Étienne-du-Bois, Ain

Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
Commune
Mangettes farm
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
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Coordinates: 46°17′19″N 5°17′39″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Bourg-en-Bresse
Canton	Saint-Étienne-du-Bois
Intercommunality	CA Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Alain Chapuis[1]
Area ^1	28.38 km^2 (10.96 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,569
• Density	91/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01350 /01370
Elevation	213–259 m (699–850 ft) (avg. 235 m or 771 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Étienne-du-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tetjɛn dy bwa]) is a commune in the Ain department, eastern France.

Geography

The Sevron forms part of the commune's eastern border then flows northwest through the commune.

Climate

Saint-Étienne-du-Bois has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Saint-Étienne-du-Bois is 11.5 °C (52.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,137.6 mm (44.79 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.4 °C (68.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C (36.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Étienne-du-Bois was 39.4 °C (102.9 °F) on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −17.8 °C (0.0 °F) on 30 December 2005.

Climate data for Saint-Étienne-du-Bois (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1998−2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	18.2 (64.8)	20.0 (68.0)	23.5 (74.3)	28.8 (83.8)	33.1 (91.6)	37.3 (99.1)	39.1 (102.4)	39.4 (102.9)	34.3 (93.7)	27.5 (81.5)	22.8 (73.0)	17.5 (63.5)	39.4 (102.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	5.8 (42.4)	7.9 (46.2)	12.6 (54.7)	16.7 (62.1)	21.1 (70.0)	25.1 (77.2)	26.6 (79.9)	26.1 (79.0)	21.9 (71.4)	17.0 (62.6)	10.0 (50.0)	5.9 (42.6)	16.4 (61.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.6 (36.7)	3.9 (39.0)	7.5 (45.5)	11.0 (51.8)	15.4 (59.7)	18.9 (66.0)	20.4 (68.7)	19.8 (67.6)	16.3 (61.3)	12.6 (54.7)	6.6 (43.9)	2.9 (37.2)	11.5 (52.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−0.7 (30.7)	−0.1 (31.8)	2.4 (36.3)	5.2 (41.4)	9.7 (49.5)	12.7 (54.9)	14.2 (57.6)	13.6 (56.5)	10.7 (51.3)	8.2 (46.8)	3.2 (37.8)	0.0 (32.0)	6.6 (43.9)
Record low °C (°F)	−15.9 (3.4)	−16.5 (2.3)	−12.6 (9.3)	−6.7 (19.9)	−0.2 (31.6)	2.8 (37.0)	5.8 (42.4)	3.5 (38.3)	1.2 (34.2)	−5.8 (21.6)	−11.2 (11.8)	−17.8 (0.0)	−17.8 (0.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	80.6 (3.17)	83.7 (3.30)	91.5 (3.60)	92.3 (3.63)	109.3 (4.30)	67.3 (2.65)	90.1 (3.55)	96.8 (3.81)	94.7 (3.73)	127.4 (5.02)	117.7 (4.63)	86.2 (3.39)	1,137.6 (44.79)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	12.5	10.6	11.7	9.8	12.3	7.8	9.3	10.7	9.2	12.3	12.6	12.3	131.0
Source: Meteociel[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,629 —     1800 1,405 −2.09% 1806 1,207 −2.50% 1821 1,521 +1.55% 1831 1,605 +0.54% 1836 1,640 +0.43% 1841 1,646 +0.07% 1846 1,672 +0.31% 1851 1,710 +0.45% 1856 1,648 −0.74% 1861 1,613 −0.43% 1866 1,652 +0.48% 1872 1,603 −0.50% 1876 1,558 −0.71% 1881 1,502 −0.73% 1886 1,607 +1.36% 1891 1,551 −0.71% 1896 1,528 −0.30%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,518 −0.13% 1906 1,507 −0.15% 1911 1,505 −0.03% 1921 1,368 −0.95% 1926 1,378 +0.15% 1931 1,382 +0.06% 1936 1,383 +0.01% 1946 1,422 +0.28% 1954 1,435 +0.11% 1962 1,349 −0.77% 1968 1,355 +0.07% 1975 1,443 +0.90% 1982 1,876 +3.82% 1990 1,982 +0.69% 1999 2,046 +0.35% 2007 2,397 +2.00% 2012 2,489 +0.76% 2017 2,448 −0.33%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. "Normales et records pour Saint Etienne du Bois (01)". Meteociel. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Étienne-du-Bois, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 2 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE