Chamblay

Chamblay is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Chamblay
Commune
Château de Clervans
Location of Chamblay
Chamblay Chamblay
Coordinates: 46°59′55″N 5°42′17″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Dole
Canton	Mont-sous-Vaudrey
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Philippe Brochet
Area ^1	13.82 km^2 (5.34 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	424
• Density	31/km^2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39093 /39380
Elevation	219–268 m (719–879 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is a secluded village close to Besançon and Dole. It is also close to the Swiss border.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 718 —     1806 763 +6.3% 1821 930 +21.9% 1831 1,154 +24.1% 1841 1,317 +14.1% 1851 1,304 −1.0% 1861 1,090 −16.4% 1872 972 −10.8% 1881 868 −10.7% 1891 743 −14.4% 1901 687 −7.5% 1911 684 −0.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 635 −7.2% 1931 469 −26.1% 1946 433 −7.7% 1954 379 −12.5% 1962 371 −2.1% 1968 351 −5.4% 1975 373 +6.3% 1982 337 −9.7% 1990 354 +5.0% 1999 388 +9.6% 2006 407 +4.9% 2012 422 +3.7%

Sights

The Château de Clairvans is the major landmark in Chamblay. The château which is now a hotel was restored by Emine Karam in the 1920s.

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.