Ornans

Ornans
Ornans
Location within Franche-Comté region  Ornans
Administration
Country	France
Region	Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Besançon
Canton	Ornans
Intercommunality	Pays d'Ornans
Mayor	Jean-François Longeot (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	323–635 m (1,060–2,083 ft)
Land area1	32.64 km2 (12.60 sq mi)
Population2	4,124  (2008)
- Density	126 /km2 (330 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	25434/ 25290
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.

Coordinates: 47°06′21″N 6°08′38″E / 47.10595°N 6.14383°E / 47.10595; 6.14383

Ornans is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Personalities

Ornans is the birthplace of the French realist painter, Gustave Courbet (1819 - 1877). One of Courbet's most famous paintings is Burial at Ornans, which records the burial of his great uncle in September 1848. Courbet's painting depicted actual people who had attended the funeral and were used as models for the painting.

The mathematician and instrument maker Pierre Vernier, after whom the eponymous scale is named, is also a native of this small town.

Population

Historical population of Ornans

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
3104	3266	3243	3019	2982	3096	3306	3304	3483	3189

1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
3522	3448	3173	3169	3350	3279	3092	3204	3153	2910

1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
2736	2628	2908	3051	2969	2840	3237	3619	4147	4231

1982	1990	1999	2008
4134	4016	4037	4124

See also

• Communes of the Doubs department

References

• INSEE