La Barre, Jura

La Barre
Commune
The town hall in La Barre
Location of La Barre
La Barre Show map of France La Barre Show map of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Coordinates: 47°08′52″N 5°41′02″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Dole
Canton	Mont-sous-Vaudrey
Intercommunality	Jura Nord
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Gimbert[1]
Area ^1	3.31 km^2 (1.28 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	245
• Density	74/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39039 /39700
Elevation	209–262 m (686–860 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Barre (French pronunciation: [la baʁ]) is a commune in the Jura department and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	184	—
1975	153	−2.60%
1982	158	+0.46%
1990	176	+1.36%
1999	230	+3.02%
2009	235	+0.22%
2014	231	−0.34%
2020	243	+0.85%
Source: INSEE[4]

In fiction

The fictional character Jean-Luc Picard – who features in the American TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation (and subsequent films based upon it) as captain of the 24th-century starships USS Enterprise-D and USS Enterprise-E – is described as having been born in "La Barre" on 13 July 2305.[5] The location of Picard's family village was indicated as being in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France on wine bottle labels seen in the trailer for Star Trek: Picard, released on 23 May 2019. However, as there are two La Barres in this region of France, it is not firmly established that this La Barre is Picard's home village – it could be La Barre, Haute-Saône.

In the tenth episode of the second season of Star Trek: Picard, Picard explains that his ancestors hid weapons in the tunnels of Château Picard during World War II. The La Barre in Jura was closer to the demarcation line between the zone libre of Vichy France and its occupied territory. La Barre, Haute-Saône is further south and well past the demarcation line. The Jura town is also closer to the center of the view in the opening scene of the second episode of the same season, a descent from space towards western France that eventually cuts to the château.

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
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
5. "Picard".