Clairvaux-les-Lacs

Clairvaux-les-Lacs is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Commune
A general view of Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Coat of arms
Location of Clairvaux-les-Lacs
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Coordinates: 46°34′33″N 5°44′59″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Alain Panseri
Area ^1	12.29 km^2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,451
• Density	120/km^2 (310/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,121 —     1806 1,051 −6.2% 1821 1,211 +15.2% 1831 1,306 +7.8% 1841 1,355 +3.8% 1851 1,351 −0.3% 1861 1,201 −11.1% 1872 1,036 −13.7% 1881 991 −4.3% 1891 914 −7.8% 1901 940 +2.8% 1911 983 +4.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 943 −4.1% 1931 1,090 +15.6% 1946 1,035 −5.0% 1954 1,101 +6.4% 1962 1,324 +20.3% 1968 1,380 +4.2% 1975 1,379 −0.1% 1982 1,432 +3.8% 1990 1,361 −5.0% 1999 1,472 +8.2% 2006 1,512 +2.7% 2012 1,439 −4.8%

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.[2]

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps