Le Latet
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Lons-le-Saunier | |
| Canton | Champagnole | |
| Community association | Champagnole Nozeroy Jura | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 56' E | |
| height | 586-800 m | |
| surface | 4.02 km 2 | |
| Residents | 81 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 39300 | |
| INSEE code | 39281 | |
Le Latet is a commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Le Latet is 595 m above sea level. M., about seven kilometers north-northeast of the city of Champagnole (as the crow flies). The farming village extends in the Jura , on the eastern edge of the Angillon plateau at the foot of the heights of the Forêt de la Fresse.
The area of the 4.02 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The western part of the area is occupied by a plateau, which on average is 600 m above sea level. M. lies and is predominantly passed from Wiesland. The western border runs along the Angillon, which flows through a wide, marshland lowland to the south to the Ain . In the east, the community area extends over a densely wooded slope on the ridge of the Forêt de la Fresse , an elongated Jura ridge oriented in a north-south direction. Here is at 800 m above sea level. M. reaches the highest point of Le Latet.
Neighboring municipalities of Le Latet are Le Larderet in the north, Les Nans in the east, Moutoux in the south and Le Pasquier and Vers-en-Montagne in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Le Latet and the neighboring Moutoux formed their own small lordship, which was dependent on the barony of Montrivel until the 15th century. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 66 |
| 1968 | 73 |
| 1975 | 64 |
| 1982 | 71 |
| 1990 | 73 |
| 1999 | 63 |
| 2005 | 76 |
With 81 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Le Latet is one of the smallest communities in the Jura department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (133 people were still counted in 1881), only slight fluctuations have been recorded since the early 1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Le Latet was a village dominated by agriculture and forestry. Even today, the residents live mainly from their work in the first sector. Outside the primary sector there are few jobs in the village. Some workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Équevillon to Chapois . Another road connection is with Vers-en-Montagne.
