Saint-Amour, Jura

Saint-Amour (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿amuʁ]) is a town and commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.^[3]

Saint-Amour
Commune
La Chevalerie, theater
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Amour
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Coordinates: 46°26′11″N 5°20′38″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Saint-Amour
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Valérie Vaucher[1]
Area 1	11.65 km2 (4.50 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,368
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39475 /39160
Elevation	200–446 m (656–1,463 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,878 —     1800 2,694 −0.94% 1806 2,638 −0.35% 1821 2,573 −0.17% 1831 2,595 +0.09% 1836 2,631 +0.28% 1841 2,527 −0.80% 1846 2,635 +0.84% 1851 2,284 −2.82% 1856 2,256 −0.25% 1861 2,343 +0.76% 1866 2,554 +1.74% 1872 2,419 −0.90% 1876 2,439 +0.21% 1881 2,437 −0.02% 1886 2,385 −0.43% 1891 2,267 −1.01% 1896 2,283 +0.14%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,109 −1.57% 1906 2,145 +0.34% 1911 2,101 −0.41% 1921 1,862 −1.20% 1926 1,919 +0.60% 1931 1,939 +0.21% 1936 1,912 −0.28% 1946 2,034 +0.62% 1954 2,201 +0.99% 1962 2,221 +0.11% 1968 2,508 +2.05% 1975 2,566 +0.33% 1982 2,399 −0.96% 1990 2,200 −1.08% 1999 2,102 −0.51% 2007 2,247 +0.84% 2012 2,375 +1.11% 2017 2,378 +0.03%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Amour, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE