Clairvaux-les-Lacs | |
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Coordinates: 46°34′33″N 5°44′59″E / 46.5758°N 5.7497°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Jura |
Arrondissement | Lons-le-Saunier |
Canton | Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Hélène Morel-Bailly[1] |
Area 1 | 12.29 km2 (4.75 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,426 |
• Density | 120/km2 (300/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 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] In 1959, it absorbed the former commune Soyria.[4]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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[5] |
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.[6]