Clairvaux-les-Lacs

Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Location within Franche-Comté region  Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Administration
Country	France
Region	Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Statistics
Elevation	450–826 m (1,480–2,710 ft)
Land area1	12.29 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population2	1,559  (2006)
- Density	127 /km2 (330 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	39154/ 39130
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: 46°34′33″N 5°44′59″E / 46.5758333333°N 5.74972222222°E / 46.5758333333; 5.74972222222

Clairvaux-les-Lacs is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.

World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[1]

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps