Saint-Martin-de-Bavel

Saint-Martin-de-Bavel is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Demographics
Its inhabitants are called Saint-Martenant(e)s in French.

Typology
Saint-Martin-de-Bavel is a rural commune. It is a commune of relatively low density as classified by the national commune density classification of the INSEE.

The commune is part of the Belley region as defined by the INSEE. This region, which encompasses 31 communes, contains less than 50,000 inhabitants in total.

Geography
According to the European land distribution database Corine Land Cover (CLC), there is significant agricultural land use in the region (57.7% in 2018)—a lesser figure than in 1990 (62.8%). In 2018, the detailed land breakdown was the following: forests (36%), agricultural zones (23.7%), meadows (22.7%), arable land (11.3%), urban areas (4.8%), shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation (1.6%).

Personalities

 * Joseph-Benoît (1812-1880), a canut from Lyon, was born in Saint-Martin-de-Bavel.
 * Jean Augustin Carrié de Boissy (1764-1838), a French military man, died in Saint-Martin-de-Bavel.
 * Louis-Anthelme Carrier (1773-1838), military general, was born and died in the commune.