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Coordinates: 45°56′28″N 4°46′30″E / 45.941112°N 4.775000°E
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Commune of Trévoux |
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  Trévoux
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse |
| Canton | Trévoux |
| Intercommunality | Saône Vallée |
| Mayor | Michel Raymond (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 167–256 m (550–840 ft) (avg. 177 m/580 ft) |
| Land area1 | 5.71 km2 (2.20 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 6,852 (2004) |
| - Density | 1,200 /km² (3,100 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01427/ 01600 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Trévoux is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
It is a suburb of Lyon.
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History
The town was the capital of the Dombes principality, and famed for its dictionary. The town was a sub-prefecture of Ain until 1926.
People
Trévoux was the birthplace of
- Arthur Giry (1848-1899), historian.
- Général Herbé
- François Treyve,
- François-Marie Treyve (1847-1906) writer and landscape gardener. He drew the park of the Célestins in Vichy and formed in 1881 the Établissements Treyve-Marie.
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