What is Béard-Géovreissiat?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Béard-Géovreissiat |arrondissement = Nantua |canton = Nantua |INSEE = 01170 |postal code = 01460 |mayor = Christian Izabel |term = 2008–2014 |intercommunality = Lac de Nantua |coordinates = {{coord|46.1906|5.5575|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 500 |elevation min m = 446 |elevation max m = 724 |area km2 = 4.69 |population = 935 |population date = 2009 }} '''Béard-Géovreissiat''' is a [[Communes of the Ain department|commune]] in the [[Ain]] [[Departments of France|department]] of [[France]]. Most of the commune is the villages of Béard and Géovreissiat. The [[hamlet]] of St Germain de Béard, and the northern part of the hamlet of Croix-Châlon are also part of the commune. The commune was called Géovreissiat until October 2008. Géovreissiat is the main village and the city hall is there. In 2009, 935 people lived in the commune. They are called the ''Béardais''. Between 1841 and 1846, the population fell from 720 to 354 inhabitants, and continued to fall until the end of the [[Second World War]]. Today it has reached its highest population since [[census|records]] began. ==References== *[http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] {{reflist}} {{Ain communes}} {{France-geo-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beardgeovreissiat}}