Ranchot

Ranchot
Commune
Ranchot
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Ranchot
Coordinates: 47°09′03″N 5°43′23″E / 47.1508°N 5.7231°E / 47.1508; 5.7231Coordinates: 47°09′03″N 5°43′23″E / 47.1508°N 5.7231°E / 47.1508; 5.7231
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Jura
Arrondissement Dole
Canton Mont-sous-Vaudrey
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Éric Montignon
Area1 6.91 km2 (2.67 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 480
 • Density 69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 39451 /39700
Elevation 209–262 m (686–860 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ranchot is a commune in the Jura department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Geography

Ranchot is a small Jura village on the Doubs river. It is situated on the D673 (previously Route nationale 73) between Dole and Besançon, 5 km from the A36 autoroute junction 2.1.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793264—    
1806204−22.7%
1821245+20.1%
1831273+11.4%
1841310+13.6%
1851302−2.6%
1861358+18.5%
1872383+7.0%
1881360−6.0%
1891347−3.6%
1901312−10.1%
1911302−3.2%
1921260−13.9%
1931244−6.2%
1946265+8.6%
1954265+0.0%
1962281+6.0%
1968331+17.8%
1975356+7.6%
1982331−7.0%
1990348+5.1%
1999439+26.1%
2006485+10.5%
2012480−1.0%

History

There is evidence of Gallo-Roman occupation (Roman roads in certain fields in the commune). In the 13th century, Ranchot was made a dependendence of Rans. The village was devastated by wars and plague in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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