Lect, Jura

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Location of Lect

(2020–2026) Dominique Retord^[1]Area

11.94 km² (4.61 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

349 • Density29/km² (76/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

39289 /39260

Elevation306–743 m (1,004–2,438 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lect (French pronunciation: [lɛkt]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.^[3] The hamlet of Vouglans has been attached to Lect since 1822.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	841	—
1975	273	−14.85%
1982	280	+0.36%
1990	266	−0.64%
1999	352	+3.16%
2009	382	+0.82%
2014	350	−1.73%
2020	348	−0.10%
Source: INSEE^[4]

The large population decrease after 1968 can be explained by the construction of the dam, the reservoir of the hydro-electric power station of the Lac de Vouglans, which required a workforce of more than 500 for five years in the 1960s.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE