Morbier

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Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

For the cheese, see Morbier cheese.

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Morbier
Commune
A view of Morbier
Coat of arms
Location of Morbier
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Coordinates: 46°32′15″N 6°01′03″E / 46.5375°N 6.0175°E / 46.5375; 6.0175
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Saint-Claude
Canton	Hauts de Bienne
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Philippe Huguenet[1]
Area 1	34.84 km2 (13.45 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,371
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39367 /39400
Elevation	650–1,180 m (2,130–3,870 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Morbier (French pronunciation: [mɔʁbje] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France.^[3] From 1680 to 1920, Morbier was, with Morez, the centre of Comtoise clock production. It gave its name to the Morbier cheese, which is produced in a larger area in the Jura Mountains.^[4] It is part of Haut-Jura Regional Natural Park.

Population

In January 2007, Morbier absorbed the formerly independent commune of Tancua.^[5] Population data in the table below before 2009 refer to the commune of Morbier without Tancua.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,880 —     1800 1,880 +0.00% 1806 1,903 +0.20% 1821 1,911 +0.03% 1831 2,042 +0.67% 1836 2,090 +0.47% 1841 2,087 −0.03% 1846 1,978 −1.07% 1851 1,944 −0.35% 1856 1,880 −0.67% 1861 1,660 −2.46% 1866 1,681 +0.25% 1872 1,681 +0.00% 1876 1,657 −0.36% 1881 1,577 −0.98% 1886 1,545 −0.41% 1891 1,573 +0.36% 1896 1,719 +1.79%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,456 −3.27% 1906 1,466 +0.14% 1911 1,433 −0.45% 1921 1,002 −3.51% 1926 1,060 +1.13% 1931 1,020 −0.77% 1936 966 −1.08% 1946 886 −0.86% 1954 1,123 +3.01% 1962 1,217 +1.01% 1968 1,273 +0.75% 1975 1,547 +2.82% 1982 1,667 +1.07% 1990 1,964 +2.07% 1999 2,069 +0.58% 2009 2,267 +0.92% 2014 2,302 +0.31% 2020 2,274 −0.20%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (2009–2020)[7]

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. 6 June 2023.
2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. ^ INSEE commune file
4. ^ Le fromage Morbier AOP
5. ^ Arrêté du 10 octobre 2006 portant modification aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Légifrance.
6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Morbier, EHESS (in French).
7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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