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Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude

Coordinates: 46°23′14″N 5°46′59″E / 46.3872°N 5.7831°E / 46.3872; 5.7831
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Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
The town hall in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
The town hall in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
Location of Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
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Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude is located in France
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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; 5.7831
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentJura
ArrondissementSaint-Claude
CantonCoteaux du Lizon
IntercommunalityHaut-Jura Saint-Claude
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Passot[1]
Area
1
23.68 km2 (9.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,333
 • Density99/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 (French pronunciation: [lavɑ̃ sɛ̃ klod], literally Lavans near Saint-Claude) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.[3] On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Ponthoux was merged into Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.[4] On 1 January 2019, the former commune of Pratz was merged into Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.[5]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,463—    
1975 1,804+3.04%
1982 2,010+1.56%
1990 2,282+1.60%
1999 2,429+0.70%
2007 2,534+0.53%
2012 2,555+0.17%
2017 2,437−0.94%
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude at 1 January 2020.
Source: INSEE[6]

Sport

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

Personalities

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 October 2015
  5. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 16 October 2018, p. 56
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE