What is Béon, Ain?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Béon |commune = Culoz-Béon |image = Grand Colombier et marais de Lavours.JPG |caption = The Grand Colombier and the Lavours wetlands |arrondissement = Belley |canton = Hauteville-Lompnes |INSEE = 01039 |postal code = 01350 |mayor = Paul Bois |term = 2008&ndash;2014 |intercommunality = Colombier |coordinates = {{coord|45.8333|5.75|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 235 |elevation min m = 228 |elevation max m = 1412 |area km2 = 10.30 |population = 354 |population date = 2008 }} '''Béon''' is a former [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is in [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] in the [[Ain]] [[Departments of France|department]] in east [[France]]. In 2009, 352 people lived in the commune. The [[inhabitant]]s are the ''Béonais''. The most important [[monument]]s in the commune are the ''[[Château de Béon]]'', a 19th-century [[castle]], and the ruins of the ''Château de Luyrieu'', a [[feudal]] castle. The commune is twinned with [[Béon, Yonne|Béon]] in the [[Yonne]] département. On 1 January 2023, it was merged into the new commune of [[Culoz-Béon]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 December 2022 |title=ARRETE portant création de la commune nouvelle de Culoz-Béon |url=https://www.ain.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/recueil-01-2022-169-recueil-des-actes-administratifs-special_2022-12-15_.pdf |website=Préfecture de l'Ain |pages=45–48 |access-date=2023-01-08 |archive-date=2023-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103131341/https://www.ain.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/recueil-01-2022-169-recueil-des-actes-administratifs-special_2022-12-15_.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[Communes of the Ain department]] == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{commons category-inline|Béon (Ain)|Béon, Ain}} {{France-geo-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beon, Ain}} [[Category:Former