Frontenay

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

Frontenay
Commune
The church in Frontenay
Location of Frontenay
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Coordinates: 46°47′11″N 5°36′54″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Poligny
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Dominique Prudent
Area ^1	8.13 km^2 (3.14 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	172
• Density	21/km^2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39244 /39210
Elevation	250–563 m (820–1,847 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 489 —     1806 503 +2.9% 1821 529 +5.2% 1831 528 −0.2% 1841 565 +7.0% 1851 570 +0.9% 1861 512 −10.2% 1872 557 +8.8% 1881 465 −16.5% 1891 420 −9.7% 1901 405 −3.6% 1911 356 −12.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 292 −18.0% 1931 231 −20.9% 1946 211 −8.7% 1954 196 −7.1% 1962 214 +9.2% 1968 205 −4.2% 1975 158 −22.9% 1982 170 +7.6% 1990 166 −2.4% 1999 170 +2.4% 2006 156 −8.2% 2012 169 +8.3%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics

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