Besides, Pougny is the surname of the Russian-French painter Ivan Puni (Jean Pougny, 1892-1956), that he has adopted after his emigration to France in 1923-1924.
It lies near the border with Switzerland and is the first French village to be crossed by the Rhone, and a hydro-electric station constructed in 1926 which it shares with the Swiss village of Chancy is named after it.