Tancua

Infobox Commune de France|nomcommune=Tancua
région=Franche-Comté
département=Jura
arrondissement=Saint-Claude
canton=Morez
insee=39367 (Morbier)
cp=39400
maire= The mayor of Morbier
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Haut Jura
longitude=5.98
latitude=46.5255555556
alt moy=889 m
alt mini=620 m
alt maxi=1 110 m
hectares=674
km²=6,74
sans=167
date-sans=1999
dens=24|

Tancua is a village in the French department of Jura in the region of Franche-Comté. Formerly a separate municipality, it was merged with Morbier on January 1, 2007. Its inhabitants are known as Quewans.

Tancua was until well into the 20th century, mainly agricultural, especially for livestock breeding and dairy farming, with somewhat of a logging industry.

Demographics

DemogFR
1793= 205
1800= 219
1806= 219
1821= 200
1831= 211
1836= 222
1841= 213
1846= 205
1851= 190
1856= 194
1861= 194
1866= 191
1872= 188
1876= 177
1881= 159
1886= 156
1891= 137
1896= 123
1901= 123
1906= 178
1911= 303
1921= 120
1926= 116
1931= 93
1936= 87
1946= 86
1954= 120
1962= 102
1968= 109
1975= 88
1982= 149
1990= 158
1999= 167
2004= 151