Grande-Rivière, Jura

Part of Grande-Rivière Château in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

46°32′30″N 5°54′49″E / 46.5417°N 5.9136°E / 46.5417; 5.9136CountryFranceRegionBourgogne-Franche-ComtéDepartmentJuraArrondissementSaint-ClaudeCantonSaint-Laurent-en-GrandvauxCommuneGrande-Rivière Château Area30.59 km² (11.81 sq mi)Population418 • Density14/km² (35/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation846–1,152 m (2,776–3,780 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grande-Rivière (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d ʁivjɛʁ], literally Great River) is a former commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Grande-Rivière Château.^[2]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,140 —     1806 1,129 −1.0% 1821 1,064 −5.8% 1831 1,005 −5.5% 1841 821 −18.3% 1851 722 −12.1% 1861 642 −11.1% 1872 604 −5.9% 1881 529 −12.4% 1891 424 −19.8% 1901 435 +2.6% 1911 389 −10.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 375 −3.6% 1931 352 −6.1% 1946 320 −9.1% 1954 356 +11.3% 1962 318 −10.7% 1968 325 +2.2% 1975 389 +19.7% 1982 377 −3.1% 1990 396 +5.0% 1999 432 +9.1% 2006 417 −3.5% 2012 428 +2.6%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References