Lélex

Lélex
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Lélex
Lélex Lélex
Coordinates: 46°18′17″N 5°56′36″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Gex
Canton	Thoiry
Intercommunality	Pays de Gex
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Genevrier
Area 1	17.7 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	230
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01210 /01410
Elevation	720–1,703 m (2,362–5,587 ft) (avg. 889 m or 2,917 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lélex is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Mountain sports

View from the top of the ski lift

Lélex is known as the highest ski resort of the Jura Mountains (1680 m).

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 782 —     1800 794 +1.5% 1806 796 +0.3% 1821 512 −35.7% 1831 578 +12.9% 1836 563 −2.6% 1841 558 −0.9% 1846 529 −5.2% 1851 540 +2.1% 1856 530 −1.9% 1861 521 −1.7% 1866 546 +4.8% 1872 541 −0.9% 1876 520 −3.9% 1881 525 +1.0% 1886 518 −1.3% 1891 492 −5.0% 1896 485 −1.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 488 +0.6% 1906 484 −0.8% 1911 480 −0.8% 1921 382 −20.4% 1926 346 −9.4% 1931 280 −19.1% 1936 261 −6.8% 1946 189 −27.6% 1954 169 −10.6% 1962 156 −7.7% 1968 184 +17.9% 1975 183 −0.5% 1982 203 +10.9% 1990 232 +14.3% 1999 221 −4.7% 2008 225 +1.8% 2014 238 +5.8%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department