Villers-les-Bois

Villers-les-Bois
Commune
The church in Villers-les-Bois
Location of Villers-les-Bois
Villers-les-Bois Villers-les-Bois
Coordinates: 46°54′51″N 5°34′48″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Dole
Canton	Bletterans
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Arnaud
Area 1	10.50 km2 (4.05 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	223
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39570 /39120
Elevation	212–252 m (696–827 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villers-les-Bois (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁ le bwa]) is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 379 —     1806 433 +14.2% 1821 415 −4.2% 1831 459 +10.6% 1841 493 +7.4% 1851 492 −0.2% 1861 462 −6.1% 1872 437 −5.4% 1881 458 +4.8% 1891 408 −10.9% 1901 361 −11.5% 1911 324 −10.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 308 −4.9% 1931 260 −15.6% 1946 224 −13.8% 1954 228 +1.8% 1962 200 −12.3% 1968 169 −15.5% 1975 141 −16.6% 1982 142 +0.7% 1990 211 +48.6% 1999 209 −0.9% 2008 198 −5.3% 2013 203 +2.5%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department