Lect, Jura

Lect
Commune
The town hall in Lect
Location of Lect
Lect Lect
Coordinates: 46°23′24″N 5°40′36″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Saint-Claude
Canton	Moirans-en-Montagne
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Guy Morel
Area 1	11.94 km2 (4.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	349
• Density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39289 /39260
Elevation	306–743 m (1,004–2,438 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lect is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The hamlet of Vouglans has been attached to Lect since 1822.

Population

The demographic increase after 1820 is due to the attachment of Vouglans to Lect in 1822. The large increase after 1960 can be explained by the construction of the dam, the reservoir of the hydro-electric power station of the Lac de Vouglans, which required a workforce of more than 500 for five years.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 362 —     1806 400 +10.5% 1821 386 −3.5% 1831 642 +66.3% 1841 566 −11.8% 1851 613 +8.3% 1861 562 −8.3% 1872 550 −2.1% 1881 488 −11.3% 1891 450 −7.8% 1901 439 −2.4% 1911 409 −6.8% 1921 394 −3.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1931 346 −12.2% 1946 334 −3.5% 1954 284 −15.0% 1962 257 −9.5% 1968 841 +227.2% 1975 273 −67.5% 1982 280 +2.6% 1990 266 −5.0% 1999 352 +32.3% 2006 377 +7.1% 2012 365 −3.2% 2014 350 −4.1%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics