Frans, AinFrans, known colloquially as Frans-les-Vernes, is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.WWW frans.frGéographyThe village is located in the south-western part of the Ain department in the fertile Val de Saône some 35 km north of Lyon and 4 km east of Villefranche-sur-Saône.PopulationThe inhabitants of Frans are called ''Franvernois''