Chamblay

Chamblay
Château de Clervans
Chamblay
Location within Franche-Comté region Chamblay
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Villers-Farlay
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Philippe Brochet
Area1	13.82 km2 (5.34 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	422
• Density	31/km2 (79/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	39093 / 39380
Elevation	219–268 m (719–879 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.

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

It is a secluded village close to Besançon and Dole. It is also close to the Swiss border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	718	—
1806	763	+6.3%
1821	930	+21.9%
1831	1,154	+24.1%
1841	1,317	+14.1%
1851	1,304	−1.0%
1861	1,090	−16.4%
1872	972	−10.8%
1881	868	−10.7%
1891	743	−14.4%
1901	687	−7.5%
1911	684	−0.4%
1921	635	−7.2%
1931	469	−26.1%
1946	433	−7.7%
1954	379	−12.5%
1962	371	−2.1%
1968	351	−5.4%
1975	373	+6.3%
1982	337	−9.7%
1990	354	+5.0%
1999	388	+9.6%
2006	407	+4.9%
2012	422	+3.7%

Sights

The Château de Clairvans is the major landmark in Chamblay. The château which is now a hotel was restored by Emine Karam in the 1920s.

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics