Lect, Jura

Lect
Commune
The town hall in Lect
Location of Lect
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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 (2020–2026)	Dominique Retord[1]
Area ^1	11.94 km^2 (4.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	349
• Density	29/km^2 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lect (French pronunciation: [lɛkt]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.[3] The hamlet of Vouglans has been attached to Lect since 1822.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	841	—
1975	273	−14.85%
1982	280	+0.36%
1990	266	−0.64%
1999	352	+3.16%
2009	382	+0.82%
2014	350	−1.73%
2020	348	−0.10%
Source: INSEE[4]

The large population decrease after 1968 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 in the 1960s.

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). 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