Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Location of Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude

(2020–2026) Philippe Passot^[1]Area

23.68 km² (9.14 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,333 • Density99/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

39286 /39170

Elevation356–936 m (1,168–3,071 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude (French pronunciation: [lavɑ̃ lɛ sɛ̃ klod], literally Lavans near Saint-Claude) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.^[3] On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Ponthoux was merged into Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.^[4] On 1 January 2019, the former commune of Pratz was merged into Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.^[5]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,463	—
1975	1,804	+3.04%
1982	2,010	+1.56%
1990	2,282	+1.60%
1999	2,429	+0.70%
2007	2,534	+0.53%
2012	2,555	+0.17%
2017	2,437	−0.94%
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude at 1 January 2020. Source: INSEE^[6]

Sport

Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude is the home of Championnat de France Amateurs club, Jura Sud Lavans.

Personalities

Antide Janvier (1751–1835), clockmaker, was born at Briva (today Brive), a hamlet within the commune.

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
^ Arrêté préfectoral 28 October 2015
^ Arrêté préfectoral 16 October 2018, p. 56
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE