Les Trois-Châteaux

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Les Trois-Châteaux
Les Trois-Châteaux (France)
Les Trois-Châteaux
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department law
Arrondissement Lons-le-Saunier
Canton Saint-Amour
Community association Porte du Jura
Coordinates 46 ° 25 '  N , 5 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 25 '  N , 5 ° 22'  E
height 199-596 m
surface 19.28 km 2
Residents 774 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 40 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 39160
INSEE code

Les Trois-Chateaux is a French municipality with 774 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the canton of Saint-Amour in the arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier .

It was created with effect from April 1, 2016 as Commune nouvelle through the amalgamation of the previous municipalities of L'Aubépin , Chazelles and Nanc-lès-Saint-Amour , which have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Nanc-lès-Saint-Amour.

With effect from January 1, 2019, the commune of Saint-Jean-d'Étreux was incorporated and also has the status of a Commune déléguée.

On January 16, 2019, the spelling of the municipality name was changed from Les Trois Châteaux to Les Trois-Châteaux (spelling with a hyphen).

structure

District former
INSEE code
Area (km²) Population as of
January 1, 2017
Nanc-lès-Saint-Amour (administrative headquarters) 39378 5.29 323
Chazelles 39135 4.04 144
L'Aubépin 39023 5.67 149
Saint-Jean-d'Étreux (since 2019) 39484 4.28 158

geography

The community is located around 47 kilometers southwest of Lons-le-Saunier . Neighboring communities are Montagna-le-Reconduit in the north, Thoissia in the north-east, Val-d'Épy in the east and south-east, Coligny in the south, Domsure and Saint-Amour in the west and Balanod in the north-west.

Web links

Commons : Les Trois Châteaux  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Decree of the Prefecture No. 39-2016-03-18-005 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Les Trois Châteaux of March 18, 2016 .
  2. Decree of the Prefecture No. 39-2018-11-22-001 on the expansion of the Commune nouvelle Les Trois Châteaux from November 22, 2018 .
  3. Decree of the Prefecture No. 39-2019-01-16-001 on the change of name of the Commune nouvelle Les Trois Châteaux from January 16, 2019 .
  4. current population according to INSEE