Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Clairvaux-les-Lacs
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 A general view of Clairvaux-les-Lacs | |
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Location of Clairvaux-les-Lacs | |
  Clairvaux-les-Lacs Location within France  Clairvaux-les-Lacs Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Coordinates: 46°34′33″N 5°44′59″E / 46.5758°N 5.7497°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Jura |
| Arrondissement | Lons-le-Saunier |
| Canton | Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hélène Morel-Bailly[1] |
Area 1 | 12.29 km2 (4.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,426 |
| • Density | 116.0/km2 (300.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 39154 /39130 |
| Elevation | 450–826 m (1,476–2,710 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Clairvaux-les-Lacs (French pronunciation: [klɛʁvo le lak]; Arpitan: Clièrva[3]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.[4] In 1959, it absorbed the former commune Soyria.[5]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,380 | — |
| 1975 | 1,379 | −0.01% |
| 1982 | 1,432 | +0.54% |
| 1990 | 1,361 | −0.63% |
| 1999 | 1,472 | +0.87% |
| 2007 | 1,518 | +0.39% |
| 2012 | 1,439 | −1.06% |
| 2017 | 1,451 | +0.17% |
| 2023 | 1,426 | −0.29% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
World Heritage Site
It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ THEVENIN, Joseph. Monographie du patois de Vaudioux (Jura). imprimerie et lithographie Lucien Declume, 1897.
- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0044, 21 February 1959, pp. 2219-2220.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
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