Poligny, Jura

Poligny
Commune
A general view of Poligny
Coat of arms
Location of Poligny
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Coordinates: 46°50′12″N 5°42′31″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Dole
Canton	Poligny
Intercommunality	Communauté des communes, Arbois, Poligny, Salins - Coeur du Jura
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Dominique Bonnet
Area 1	50.22 km2 (19.39 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	4,011
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39434 /39800
Elevation	252–626 m (827–2,054 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The town stands at the foot of the first plateau of the Jura region, with limestone cliffs rising to its east and south, and a steephead valley leading to the village of Vaux-sur-Poligny to the east. On the cliffs to the east is a notable cave, known as "Le Trou de la Lune" (the Moonhole); on the cliffs to the south is a large cross, the "Croix du Dan". A network of hiking trails surrounds the town and provide routes to both these viewpoints, and the GR 59 long distance footpath runs through the town.

First Empire general Jean-Pierre Travot was born in Poligny; a statue in his honour stands in the principal square of the town, the Place des Déportés, and a road is named after him.

Poligny is served by the railway line from Besançon to Lons-le-Saunier.

The town is recognised as the "Capital of Comté", with a third of the region's production of this much-loved cheese being aged in the town's cellars. The town is also surrounded by vineyards, and is home to a number of independent wine producers as well as a cooperative.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	5,198	—
1806	542	−89.6%
1821	5,344	+886.0%
1831	6,005	+12.4%
1841	5,980	−0.4%
1851	5,718	−4.4%
1861	5,401	−5.5%
1872	5,024	−7.0%
1881	4,669	−7.1%
1891	4,433	−5.1%
1901	4,090	−7.7%
1911	3,921	−4.1%
1921	3,576	−8.8%
1931	3,736	+4.5%
1946	4,056	+8.6%
1954	4,130	+1.8%
1962	3,869	−6.3%
1968	4,070	+5.2%
1975	4,312	+5.9%
1982	4,655	+8.0%
1990	4,714	+1.3%
1999	4,511	−4.3%
2006	4,318	−4.3%
2012	4,158	−3.7%

Gallery

• 
  Croix du Dan
• 
  Général Travot
• 
  Collégiale St.Hippolyte
• 
  Convent des Ursulines
• 
  Mouthier le Vieillard
• 
  Wladimir Gagneur
• 
  Tower of Paravis
• 
  Tower of the "Sergenterie"
• 
• 
  Le Moon hole
• 
  La "Roche Percée"

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• "Poligny" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.