Clairvaux-les-Lacs

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Clairvaux-les-Lacs

(2020–2026) Hélène Morel-Bailly^[1]Area

12.29 km² (4.75 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,426 • Density120/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

39154 /39130

Elevation450–826 m (1,476–2,710 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Clairvaux-les-Lacs (French pronunciation: [klɛʁvo le lak]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,380	—
1975	1,379	−0.01%
1982	1,432	+0.54%
1990	1,361	−0.63%
1999	1,472	+0.87%
2009	1,454	−0.12%
2014	1,439	−0.21%
2020	1,427	−0.14%
Source: INSEE^[4]

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.^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps