Dombes
The Dombes is an area in eastern France, once an independent municipality, formerly part of the province of Burgundy, and now a district comprised in the department of Ain, and bounded on the west by the Saône River, on the south by the Rhône, on the east by the Ain and on the north by the district of Bresse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Region
- Description: former country
- Also known as: “Pays de Dombes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parc des Oiseaux and Gare de Villars-les-Dombes.
Parc des Oiseaux
Zoo
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The Parc des Oiseaux is a zoological park located in Villars-les-Dombes in the department of Ain in France. The site is recorded in the general inventory of the cultural heritage and was opened in 1970.
Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Villars-les-Dombes
Church
Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Villars-les-Dombes is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villars-les-Dombes and Le Plantay.
Villars-les-Dombes
Village
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Villars-les-Dombes is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Its people are known as Villardois.
Le Plantay
Village
Photo: Frédérique Voisin-Demery, CC BY 2.0.
Le Plantay is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Le Plantay is situated 4 km northeast of Dombes.
Versailleux
Village
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Versailleux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. On 23 February 2006 during the epidemic of avian influenza, a great number of turkeys died in a breeding of 11,000 animals, probably because of the virus H5N1. Versailleux is situated 4½ km southeast of Dombes.
Dombes
- Categories: natural region of France and Natura 2000 site
- Location: Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Serbo-Croatian—“Dombes” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Domba”
- Aragonese: “Dombes”
- Aragonese: “Prencipato de Domba”
- Arpitan: “Domba”
- Arpitan: “Donba”
- Cajun French: “Dombes”
- Catalan: “Dombes”
- Catalan: “Llista de princeps de Dombes”
- Catalan: “Llista de Princeps de Dombes”
- Catalan: “Llista de senyors de Dombes”
- Catalan: “Llista de Senyors de Dombes”
- Catalan: “Princep de Dombes”
- Catalan: “Princeps de Dombes”
- Catalan: “Principat de Dombes”
- Catalan: “Senyor de Dombes”
- Catalan: “Senyora de Dombes”
- Catalan: “Senyoria de Dombes”
- Chinese: “东布”
- Chinese: “東布”
- Chinese: “栋布”
- Dutch: “Dombes”
- Dutch: “La Dombes”
- French: “Dombe”
- French: “Dombes”
- French: “Marais de la Dombe”
- German: “Dombes”
- German: “La Dombes”
- Hebrew: “דומב”
- Italian: “Dombes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dombes”
- Norwegian: “Dombes”
- Polish: “Dombes”
- Portuguese: “Dombes”
- Romanian: “Dombes”
- Russian: “Домб”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dombes”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Les Grands Communaux and Villars-les-Dombes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Golf du Clou and Étang du Grand Birieux.
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