Douvres

Douvres
Coat of arms
Douvres
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Douvres
Coordinates: 45°59′23″N 5°22′26″E / 45.9897°N 5.3739°ECoordinates: 45°59′23″N 5°22′26″E / 45.9897°N 5.3739°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Ambérieu-en-Bugey
Intercommunality	Plaine de l'Ain
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Louise Dubois
Area^1	5.26 km^2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	934
• Density	180/km^2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	01149 / 01500
Elevation	249–480 m (817–1,575 ft) (avg. 270 m or 890 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Douvres is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	756	—
1800	976	+29.1%
1806	1,229	+25.9%
1821	758	−38.3%
1831	665	−12.3%
1836	657	−1.2%
1841	607	−7.6%
1846	575	−5.3%
1851	553	−3.8%
1856	515	−6.9%
1861	473	−8.2%
1866	477	+0.8%
1872	433	−9.2%
1876	417	−3.7%
1881	391	−6.2%
1886	414	+5.9%
1891	368	−11.1%
1896	351	−4.6%
1901	333	−5.1%
1906	317	−4.8%
1911	284	−10.4%
1921	227	−20.1%
1926	261	+15.0%
1931	296	+13.4%
1936	251	−15.2%
1946	236	−6.0%
1954	257	+8.9%
1962	267	+3.9%
1968	254	−4.9%
1975	298	+17.3%
1982	534	+79.2%
1990	606	+13.5%
1999	646	+6.6%
2008	934	+44.6%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE