Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude

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Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
Commune
The town hall in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
The town hall in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
Location of Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude is located in France
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
Coordinates: 46°23′14″N 5°46′59″E / 46.3872°N 5.7831°E / 46.3872; 5.7831Coordinates: 46°23′14″N 5°46′59″E / 46.3872°N 5.7831°E / 46.3872; 5.7831
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentJura
ArrondissementSaint-Claude
CantonCoteaux du Lizon
IntercommunalityHaut-Jura Saint-Claude
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Passot
Area
1
23.68 km2 (9.14 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
2,377
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
39286 /39170
Elevation356–936 m (1,168–3,071 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Ponthoux was merged into Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.[2] On 1 January 2019, the former commune of Pratz was merged into Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.[3]

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793536—    
1806662+23.5%
1821735+11.0%
1831658−10.5%
1841628−4.6%
1851645+2.7%
1861615−4.7%
1872598−2.8%
1881726+21.4%
1891707−2.6%
1901758+7.2%
1911801+5.7%
YearPop.±%
1921829+3.5%
1931894+7.8%
1946868−2.9%
1954875+0.8%
19621,118+27.8%
19681,219+9.0%
19751,509+23.8%
19821,602+6.2%
19901,811+13.0%
19991,896+4.7%
20061,878−0.9%
20121,904+1.4%

Sport[]

Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude is the home of Championnat de France Amateurs club, Jura Sud Lavans.

Personalities[]

  • Antide Janvier (1751–1835), clockmaker, was born at Briva (today Brive), a hamlet within the commune.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 October 2015
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 16 October 2018, p. 56


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