La Tour-du-Meix

La Tour-du-Meix is a commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

La Tour-du-Meix
Commune
The town hall in La Tour-du-Meix
Coat of arms
Location of La Tour-du-Meix
La Tour-du-Meix La Tour-du-Meix
Coordinates: 46°31′38″N 5°39′47″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Moirans-en-Montagne
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Michel Badot
Area ^1	13.42 km^2 (5.18 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	231
• Density	17/km^2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39534 /39270
Elevation	423–686 m (1,388–2,251 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 323 —     1806 356 +10.2% 1821 373 +4.8% 1831 561 +50.4% 1841 542 −3.4% 1851 508 −6.3% 1861 486 −4.3% 1872 383 −21.2% 1881 404 +5.5% 1891 333 −17.6% 1901 278 −16.5% 1911 246 −11.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 229 −6.9% 1931 216 −5.7% 1946 181 −16.2% 1954 189 +4.4% 1962 186 −1.6% 1968 189 +1.6% 1975 142 −24.9% 1982 156 +9.9% 1990 167 +7.1% 1999 162 −3.0% 2006 214 +32.1% 2013 234 +9.3%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics

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