Poncin
Poncin is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies on the banks of the river Ain.Photo: Thierry de Villepin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,730 residents
- Description: commune in Ain, France
- Also known as: “01303”
- Postal code: 01450
Places of Interest
Highlights include Château de Poncin and Abri Gay.
Château de Poncin
Castle
Photo: Thierry de Villepin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Château de Poncin is a former castle, now a stately residence, in the commune of Poncin in the Ain département of France. The present château on the site was constructed from the mid-18th century; parts of the original castle remain.
Abri Gay
Archaeological site
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abri Gay is an archaeological site.
Grotte de la Colombière
Archaeological site
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grotte de la Colombière is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neuville-sur-Ain and Mérignat.
Neuville-sur-Ain
Village
Photo: Zbh0170, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neuville-sur-Ain is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Mérignat
Village
Photo: Berthaudiere, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Mérignat is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Jujurieux
Village
Photo: BUFO88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jujurieux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Jujurieux is situated 5 km south of Poncin.
Poncin
- Categories: commune of France and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Nantua, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.0861° or 46° 5′ 10″ northLongitude
5.4074° or 5° 24′ 27″ eastPopulation
1,730Elevation
259 metres (850 feet)Open location code
8FR73CP4+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 36787066OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6424628Wikidata ID
Q665272
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Poncin” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Poncin”
- Albanian: “Poncin”
- Arabic: “بونسا، أين”
- Arabic: “بونسا”
- Aragonese: “Poncin”
- Armenian: “Պոնսեն”
- Arpitan: “Poncin”
- Asturian: “Poncin”
- Azerbaijani: “Ponsen”
- Bambara: “Poncin”
- Basque: “Poncin”
- Bavarian: “Poncin”
- Breton: “Poncin”
- Buginese: “Poncin”
- Cajun French: “Poncin”
- Catalan: “Poncin”
- Cebuano: “Poncin”
- Chechen: “Понсен”
- Chinese: “Poncin”
- Chinese: “蓬桑”
- Corsican: “Poncin”
- Croatian: “Poncin”
- Czech: “Poncin”
- Danish: “Poncin”
- Dimli (individual language): “Poncin”
- Dutch: “Poncin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بونسا”
- Esperanto: “Poncin”
- Estonian: “Poncin”
- Faroese: “Poncin”
- Finnish: “Poncin”
- French: “Poncin”
- Friulian: “Poncin”
- Galician: “Poncin”
- German: “Poncin”
- Hungarian: “Poncin”
- Icelandic: “Poncin”
- Ido: “Poncin”
- Indonesian: “Poncin”
- Interlingua: “Poncin”
- Interlingue: “Poncin”
- Irish: “Poncin”
- Italian: “Poncin”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Poncin”
- Japanese: “ポンサン”
- Kabyle: “Poncin”
- Kalaallisut: “Poncin”
- Kongo: “Poncin”
- Kurdish: “Poncin”
- Ladin: “Poncin”
- Latin: “Poncin”
- Latvian: “Poncin”
- Ligurian: “Poncin”
- Limburgan: “Poncin”
- Lithuanian: “Poncin”
- Lombard: “Poncin”
- Low German: “Poncin”
- Luxembourgish: “Poncin”
- Mainfränkisch: “Poncin”
- Malagasy: “Poncin”
- Malay: “Poncin”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Poncin”
- Minangkabau: “Poncin”
- Narom: “Poncin”
- Neapolitan: “Poncin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Poncin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Poncin”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Poncin”
- Papiamento: “Poncin”
- Persian: “پونسن”
- Picard: “Poncin”
- Piemontese: “Poncin”
- Polish: “Poncin”
- Portuguese: “Poncin”
- Prussian: “Poncin”
- Romagnol: “Poncin”
- Romanian: “Poncin”
- Romansh: “Poncin”
- Russian: “Понсен”
- Sardinian: “Poncin”
- Scots: “Poncin”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Poncin”
- Serbian: “Poncin”
- Sicilian: “Poncin”
- Slovak: “Poncin”
- Slovenian: “Poncin”
- Spanish: “Poncin”
- Swahili: “Poncin”
- Swedish: “Poncin”
- Swiss German: “Poncin”
- Tagalog: “Poncin”
- Tatar: “Понсен”
- Turkish: “Poncin”
- Ukrainian: “Понсен”
- Uzbek: “Poncin”
- Venetian: “Poncin”
- Vietnamese: “Poncin”
- Vlaams: “Poncin”
- Volapük: “Poncin”
- Walloon: “Poncin”
- Waray (Philippines): “Poncin”
- Welsh: “Poncin”
- Wolof: “Poncin”
- Yue Chinese: “Poncin”
- Zeeuws: “Poncin”
- Zulu: “Poncin”
- “Poncin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Office de tourisme intercommunal and Hôtel de ville de Poncin.
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