Lavans-sur-Valouse

Lavans-sur-Valouse (French pronunciation: [lavɑ̃ syʁ valuz]) 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 Saint-Hymetière-sur-Valouse.

Lavans-sur-Valouse
Part of Saint-Hymetière-sur-Valouse
Location of Lavans-sur-Valouse
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Coordinates: 46°20′05″N 5°33′20″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Moirans-en-Montagne
Commune	Saint-Hymetière-sur-Valouse
Area 1	9.51 km2 (3.67 sq mi)
Population  (2016)	146
• Density	15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	39240
Elevation	320–799 m (1,050–2,621 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lavans-sur-Valouse

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 160 —     1806 114 −28.7% 1821 102 −10.5% 1831 420 +311.8% 1841 400 −4.8% 1851 426 +6.5% 1861 412 −3.3% 1872 393 −4.6% 1881 370 −5.9% 1891 323 −12.7% 1901 271 −16.1% 1911 256 −5.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 234 −8.6% 1931 197 −15.8% 1946 176 −10.7% 1954 151 −14.2% 1962 132 −12.6% 1968 112 −15.2% 1975 85 −24.1% 1982 89 +4.7% 1990 113 +27.0% 1999 148 +31.0% 2006 139 −6.1% 2012 138 −0.7%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department