Clairvaux-les-Lacs (French pronunciation: [klɛʁvo le lak]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.[3] In 1959, it absorbed the former commune Soyria.[4]
Clairvaux-les-Lacs | |
|---|---|
 A general view of Clairvaux-les-Lacs | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Clairvaux-les-Lacs  | |
  Clairvaux-les-Lacs  Clairvaux-les-Lacs | |
| 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 (2021)[2] | 1,426 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/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. | |
Population
edit| 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% |
| 2009 | 1,454 | −0.12% |
| 2014 | 1,439 | −0.21% |
| 2020 | 1,427 | −0.14% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
World Heritage Site
editIt 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.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0044, 21 February 1959, pp. 2219-2220.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clairvaux-les-Lacs.
 | This Jura geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |