Leschères

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

Leschères
Aerial view of Leschères in 2018
Location of Leschères
Leschères
Leschères
Coordinates: 46°27′10″N 5°49′40″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentJura
ArrondissementSaint-Claude
CantonSaint-Claude
IntercommunalityCommunauté des communes Haut-Jura Saint-Claude
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Annie Mayet
Area
1
8.28 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
209
  Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
39293 /39170
Elevation700–1,064 m (2,297–3,491 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793338    
1806373+10.4%
1821392+5.1%
1831400+2.0%
1841378−5.5%
1851363−4.0%
1861321−11.6%
1872289−10.0%
1881304+5.2%
1891270−11.2%
1901266−1.5%
1911307+15.4%
0921246−19.9%
1931243−1.2%
1946169−30.5%
1954144−14.8%
1962132−8.3%
1968125−5.3%
1975113−9.6%
1982118+4.4%
1990121+2.5%
1999153+26.4%
2006223+45.8%
2012211−5.4%

Demonym

The inhabitants of the village are surprisingly known as Quilleux (meaning literally "skittle players"). The name owes its origin to the former existence of seven games of skittles in the village and its hamlets.

Politics and administration

Period Name Party
March 2001 March 2014 Roger Béguet
March 2014 current Annie Mayet DVD
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gollark: Also, production errors don't imply production errors which cause it to fail in specific and very harmful ways.
gollark: The very obvious issue with that is that getting COVID-19 and transmitting it is an externality.
gollark: Troubling.
gollark: As far as I'm aware the complications aren't anything beyond "you feel somewhat sore for a day", which is entirely expected.

See also

References

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



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