Villechantria

Part of Val Suran in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

46°22′28″N 5°26′25″E / 46.3744°N 5.4403°E / 46.3744; 5.4403CountryFranceRegionBourgogne-Franche-ComtéDepartmentJuraArrondissementLons-le-SaunierCantonSaint-AmourCommuneVal Suran Area6.28 km² (2.42 sq mi)Population119 • Density19/km² (49/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation336–556 m (1,102–1,824 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villechantria (French pronunciation: [vilʃɑ̃tʁija]) is a former commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val Suran.^[2]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 186 —     1806 163 −12.4% 1821 149 −8.6% 1831 335 +124.8% 1841 324 −3.3% 1851 313 −3.4% 1861 272 −13.1% 1872 258 −5.1% 1881 254 −1.6% 1891 241 −5.1% 1901 209 −13.3% 1911 186 −11.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 180 −3.2% 1931 156 −13.3% 1946 159 +1.9% 1954 129 −18.9% 1962 117 −9.3% 1968 115 −1.7% 1975 108 −6.1% 1982 91 −15.7% 1990 86 −5.5% 1999 112 +30.2% 2006 126 +12.5% 2013 120 −4.8%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References