Leschères

Leschères
Commune
Aerial view of Leschères in 2018
Location of Leschères
Leschères Leschères
Coordinates: 46°27′10″N 5°49′40″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Saint-Claude
Canton	Saint-Claude
Intercommunality	Communauté des communes Haut-Jura Saint-Claude
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Annie Mayet
Area 1	8.28 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	204
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39293 /39170
Elevation	700–1,064 m (2,297–3,491 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Leschères is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	338	—
1806	373	+10.4%
1821	392	+5.1%
1831	400	+2.0%
1841	378	−5.5%
1851	363	−4.0%
1861	321	−11.6%
1872	289	−10.0%
1881	304	+5.2%
1891	270	−11.2%
1901	266	−1.5%
1911	307	+15.4%
0921	246	−19.9%
1931	243	−1.2%
1946	169	−30.5%
1954	144	−14.8%
1962	132	−8.3%
1968	125	−5.3%
1975	113	−9.6%
1982	118	+4.4%
1990	121	+2.5%
1999	153	+26.4%
2006	223	+45.8%
2012	211	−5.4%

Demonym

The inhabitants of the village are surprisingly known as Quilleux (meaning literally "skittle players"). The name owes its origin to the former existence of seven games of skittles in the village and its hamlets.

Politics and administration

Period		Name	Party
March 2001	March 2014	Roger Béguet
March 2014	current	Annie Mayet	DVD

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics