Moirans-en-Montagne

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Moirans-en-Montagne

(2020–2026) Grégoire Long^[1]Area

26.56 km² (10.25 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,138 • Density80/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

39333 /39260

Elevation423–981 m (1,388–3,219 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Moirans-en-Montagne (French pronunciation: [mwaʁɑ̃ ɑ̃ mɔ̃taɲ]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.^[3]

The village houses the Toy Museum (Musée du Jouet).

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,150	—
1800	1,190	+0.49%
1806	1,200	+0.14%
1821	1,307	+0.57%
1831	1,355	+0.36%
1836	1,481	+1.79%
1841	1,486	+0.07%
1846	1,503	+0.23%
1851	1,458	−0.61%
1856	1,339	−1.69%
1861	1,377	+0.56%
1866	1,284	−1.39%
1872	1,249	−0.46%
1876	1,238	−0.22%
1881	1,240	+0.03%
1886	1,271	+0.50%
1891	1,283	+0.19%
1896	1,301	+0.28%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,406	+1.56%
1906	1,333	−1.06%
1911	1,410	+1.13%
1921	1,529	+0.81%
1926	1,672	+1.80%
1931	1,649	−0.28%
1936	1,532	−1.46%
1946	1,599	+0.43%
1954	1,542	−0.45%
1962	1,464	−0.65%
1968	1,551	+0.97%
1975	2,043	+4.01%
1982	1,954	−0.63%
1990	2,018	+0.40%
1999	2,121	+0.55%
2007	2,291	+0.97%
2012	2,310	+0.17%
2017	2,099	−1.90%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Gallery

Toy Museum
Tube slides in a playground

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
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Moirans-en-Montagne, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE