Bellegarde sur Valserine

Bellegarde-sur-Valserine is a previous collective in the Ain office in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was converged into the new collective of Valserhone. Bellegarde is situated at the conversion of the Valserine and the Rhone. At this recognize, the water of the two streams runs underground, and it was conceivable to cross them two effectively. Since the structure of the Genissiat dam at Injoux-Genissiat, the dimension of the Rhone was raised a few meters however the pertes de la Valserine are as yet unmistakable.

Bellegarde lies in a valley overwhelmed by the level of Retord on the west and the massif of the Grand Cret d'Eau and the Vuache on the east. The entry made by the Rhone is the primary access to the zone around Gex and the north of Lake Geneva. Since first january 2019, Bellegarde has a place with another cooperative, with Lancrans and Chatillon-en-Michaille, named Valserhone.