What is Arbignieu?
[[File:EglisePeyzieu.JPG|thumb|200px|The ''Peuzieu'' church]] [[File:Blason de la ville de Arbignieu (Ain).svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Arbignieu''' is a former [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Ain]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] region of eastern [[France]]. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune [[Arboys-en-Bugey]].<ref>[http://www.ain.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/A-CNE_NOUVELLE_ARBIGNIEU_ST_BOIS.pdf Arrêté préfectoral] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121180536/http://www.ain.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/A-CNE_NOUVELLE_ARBIGNIEU_ST_BOIS.pdf |date=2021-11-21 }} 29 September 2015 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> 471 people lived in the commune. The [[inhabitant]]s are the ''Arbignolans''. The local [[economy]] is mostly based around [[agriculture]] and [[wine]]. The most important [[monument]]s in the commune are the ''Boule de Gargantua'', a block of [[sandstone]] moved there by the giant ''Gargantua'' (referring to the main character from the novel [[Gargantua]] by [[François Rabelais]]), the ''[[Peyzieu church|Peyzieu]]'' [[church]] and the ruins of the ''[[Château de Longecombe]]'', a castle from the 12th century. Famous people from Arbignieu include [[Césaire Nivière]], an [[agronomy|agronomist]] from the 19th century. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Former communes in Ain]] [[Category:2016 disestablishments in France]]