Ranchot

Ranchot
Commune
The town hall and bakery in Ranchot
Location of Ranchot
Ranchot Ranchot
Coordinates: 47°09′03″N 5°43′23″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Dole
Canton	Mont-sous-Vaudrey
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Éric Montignon
Area 1	6.91 km2 (2.67 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	508
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39451 /39700
Elevation	209–262 m (686–860 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Ranchot is a small Jura village on the Doubs river. It is situated on the D673 (previously Route nationale 73) between Dole and Besançon, 5 km from the A36 autoroute junction 2.1.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	264	—
1806	204	−22.7%
1821	245	+20.1%
1831	273	+11.4%
1841	310	+13.6%
1851	302	−2.6%
1861	358	+18.5%
1872	383	+7.0%
1881	360	−6.0%
1891	347	−3.6%
1901	312	−10.1%
1911	302	−3.2%
1921	260	−13.9%
1931	244	−6.2%
1946	265	+8.6%
1954	265	+0.0%
1962	281	+6.0%
1968	331	+17.8%
1975	356	+7.6%
1982	331	−7.0%
1990	348	+5.1%
1999	439	+26.1%
2006	485	+10.5%
2012	480	−1.0%

History

There is evidence of Gallo-Roman occupation (Roman roads in certain fields in the commune). In the 13th century, Ranchot was made a dependendence of Rans. The village was devastated by wars and plague in the 16th and 17th centuries.

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics