What is Pont-de-Veyle?
{{expert-subject|1=History and lede are contradictory re France|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Pont-de-Veyle |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Château Pt-de-Veyle 14.jpg |caption = Castle |image coat of arms = Blason pont de veyle.jpg |arrondissement = Bourg-en-Bresse |canton = Vonnas |INSEE = 01306 |postal code = 01290 |mayor = Michel Marquois |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = |coordinates = {{coord|46.2637|4.88870|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 178 |elevation min m = 172 |elevation max m = 179 |area km2 = 1.94 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Pont-de-Veyle''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is in the [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]] in the [[Ain]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the east of [[France]]. It is 10&nbsp;kilometers east of [[Mâcon]], and about 400&nbsp;km from [[Paris]]. In 1999, there were 1571 people living in the commune.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pont-de-veyle.com/|title=Pont-de-Veyle|date=2001|language=French|accessdate=2009-11-03|archive-date=2013-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317073239/http://www.pont-de-veyle.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is on an island made where the River Veyle separates into two branches. The Veyle then flows into the River Saône, which was made the border between the Kingdom of France and the [[German Empire]] in 843 by the [[Treaty of Verdun]]. ==History== Pont-de-Veyle was first started by the Lords of Bage, and legally made a city by the Counts of Savoy in 1275. It only became French in 1601 under King [[Henri IV of France]] as part of the [[T