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Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Vescles
Commune
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Coordinates: 46°21′40″N 5°36′50″E / 46.3611°N 5.6139°E / 46.3611; 5.6139
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Jura
Arrondissement Lons-le-Saunier
Canton Moirans-en-Montagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Boisson[1]
Area1 20.27 km2 (7.83 sq mi)
Population (2021)[2] 184
• Density 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 39557 /39240
Elevation 305–800 m (1,001–2,625 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vescles (French pronunciation: [vɛskl]) is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 156
1975 153 −0.28%
1982 143 −0.96%
1990 167 +1.96%
1999 183 +1.02%
2009 213 +1.53%
2014 204 −0.86%
2020 184 −1.71%
Source: INSEE[4]
  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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