Clairvaux-les-Lacs

Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Commune
A general view of Clairvaux-les-Lacs
A general view of Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Coat of arms of Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Coat of arms
Location of Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Map
Clairvaux-les-Lacs is located in France
Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Clairvaux-les-Lacs is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Coordinates: 46°34′33″N 5°44′59″E / 46.5758°N 5.7497°E / 46.5758; 5.7497
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentJura
ArrondissementLons-le-Saunier
CantonSaint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Hélène Morel-Bailly[1]
Area
1
12.29 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
1,428
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
39154 /39130
Elevation450–826 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]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.[3] In 1959, it absorbed the former commune Soyria.[4]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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

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.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions territoriales de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0044, 21 February 1959, pp. 2219-2220.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
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