Villars-les-Dombes

The canton of Villars-les-Dombes is an administrative division in eastern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 10 to 25 communes:

The Parc des Oiseaux (English: Park of Birds) is a zoological park located in Villars-les-Dombes in the department of Ain in France. The site is recorded in the general inventory of the cultural heritage and was opened in 1970. It is one of the oldest ornithological parks in France and brings together a collection of more than 3,000 birds from around the world in a 380 ha (940 acres) reserve located in the heart of the Dombes. The section opened to the public covers an area of 35 ha (86 acres) within the reserve and welcomes on average 250,000 visitors per year. The park is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria and the National Association of Zoological Parks, it participated in fifteen European breeding programmes for the protection and reintroduction of endangered species.

The Dombes (French pronunciation: [dɔ̃b] ; Arpitan: Domba) is an area in eastern France, once an independent municipality, formerly part of the province of Burgundy, and now a district comprised in the department of Ain, and bounded on the west by the Saône River, on the south by the Rhône, on the east by the Ain and on the north by the district of Bresse.

Bouligneux (French pronunciation: [buliɲø]; Arpitan: Bolegniô) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France, in Dombes, within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Birieux (French pronunciation: [biʁjø]; Arpitan: Beriô) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Lapeyrouse (French pronunciation: [lapeʁuz]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Saint-Marcel (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁsɛl] ; also known as Saint-Marcel-en-Dombes, [sɛ̃ maʁsɛl ɑ̃ dɔ̃b], literally Saint-Marcel in Dombes) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Monthieux (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tjø]) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Sainte-Olive (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ɔliv]; Arpitan: Sent-Ôleva) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Saint-André-de-Corcy (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃dʁe də kɔʁsi] ) is a commune in the Ain département in eastern France.

Sainte-Croix (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t kʁwa] ; Arpitan: Sent-Crouèx or Senta-Crouèx) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Ambérieux-en-Dombes (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃beʁjø ɑ̃ dɔ̃b] , literally Ambérieux in Dombes) is a commune in the department of Ain in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.