Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude (Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude)
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| local community | Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude | |
| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Claude | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 23 ' N , 5 ° 47' E | |
| Post Code | 39170 | |
| Former INSEE code | 39286 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude is a town and a former French commune with 1,829 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belonged to the arrondissement of Saint-Claude and the canton of Saint-Lupicin .
With effect from January 1, 2019, the former municipalities of Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude and Pratz were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude of the same name and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude. The municipality of Ponthoux was integrated into the municipality described here with effect from January 1, 2016 . All former municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality .
geography
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude is located at 530 m , about seven kilometers west of the city of Saint-Claude (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in a panoramic position on a slope inclined to the east, around 200 m above the valley floor of the Bienne , on the edge of the Plateau du Lizon.
The area covers a section of the French Jura. The central part is occupied by a relatively gently sloping slope to the east, which forms the southern continuation of the Plateau du Lizon. To the east, the area extends into the valley of the Bienne. The river takes in the Lison, which flows from the north, and draws a sharp arc by flowing around the promontory of the Truffet . In the north-west, the former municipal area extends in a narrow strip over a steep slope to the adjacent Jura plateau, which is predominantly forested and on a hilltop of the Forêt d'Annuelle reaches the highest point of Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude at 936 m . In the extreme northwest is the lake Lac d'Antre. The area is part of the Upper Jura Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura ).
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude includes the Lison settlement ( 380 m ) in the Bienne valley at the mouth of the Lison and a few individual farms. Neighboring towns of Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude are Coteaux du Lizon with Saint-Lupicin in the north, Ponthoux and Saint-Claude in the east, Chassal-Molinges in the south and Pratz and Villards-d'Héria in the west.
history
The municipality of Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude was already populated during Roman times. The place is first mentioned in the 9th century. Since the Middle Ages it belonged to the territory of the Abbey of Saint-Claude. Together with Franche-Comté , Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
On January 1, 2016, the municipality of Ponthoux was incorporated into Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.
Attractions
The parish church de l'Assomption was built in the 18th century and received its present form during the remodeling and enlargement in the 19th century.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 1,118 |
| 1968 | 1,219 |
| 1975 | 1,509 |
| 1982 | 1,602 |
| 1990 | 1,811 |
| 1999 | 1,896 |
After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the region of 850 people, a significant increase in population has been recorded since the early 1960s thanks to the attractive residential area.
Economy and Infrastructure
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude has long been a village dominated by agriculture and forestry. In the course of the late 19th and 20th centuries, various industrial companies settled in the village and in the valley of the Bienne. The industries that are important today include the plastics industry (including the manufacture of buttons and buckles), the manufacture of toys and the transport industry. Many workers are also commuters who work in the larger towns in the area, mainly in Oyonnax and Saint-Claude.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main D470 road from Lons-le-Saunier to Saint-Claude. Another road connection is with Saint-Lupicin. Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude has a train station on the railway line from Oyonnax to Saint-Claude; it is located at the Lison industrial estate. The Saint-Claude - Pratz airfield was set up on a leveled area above the village.
