Hauts de Bienne

Hauts de Bienne
The town hall in Morez
Location of Hauts de Bienne
Hauts de Bienne
Hauts de Bienne
Coordinates: 46°31′16″N 6°01′23″E / 46.521°N 6.023°E / 46.521; 6.023
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentJura
ArrondissementSaint-Claude
CantonHauts de Bienne
IntercommunalityCC Haut-Jura Arcade
Area
1
23.48 km2 (9.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
5,032
 • Density214.3/km2 (555.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
39368 /39400
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hauts de Bienne (French pronunciation: [o bjɛn], lit.'Heights of Bienne') is a commune in the Jura department of eastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of Morez, Lézat and La Mouille.[2] The commune was named after the river Bienne, that passes through it.

Population

Population data refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2025.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 6,669—    
1975 7,072+0.84%
1982 7,068−0.01%
1990 7,354+0.50%
1999 6,627−1.15%
2007 5,833−1.58%
2012 5,497−1.18%
2017 5,350−0.54%
2023 5,032−1.02%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  2. ^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 7 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine 29 December 2015 (in French)
  3. ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE