Fontenu

Fontenu
Fontenu
Location within Franche-Comté region  Fontenu
Coordinates: 46°40′07″N 5°49′23″E / 46.6686°N 5.8231°ECoordinates: 46°40′07″N 5°49′23″E / 46.6686°N 5.8231°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Roger Monnier
Area^1	6.71 km^2 (2.59 sq mi)
Population (2012)^2	70
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	39230 / 39130
Elevation	485–667 m (1,591–2,188 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	258	—
1806	307	+19.0%
1821	318	+3.6%
1831	284	−10.7%
1841	241	−15.1%
1851	276	+14.5%
1861	215	−22.1%
1872	186	−13.5%
1881	202	+8.6%
1891	171	−15.3%
1901	138	−19.3%
1911	114	−17.4%
1921	117	+2.6%
1931	94	−19.7%
1946	85	−9.6%
1954	92	+8.2%
1962	68	−26.1%
1968	52	−23.5%
1975	50	−3.8%
1982	47	−6.0%
1990	35	−25.5%
1999	40	+14.3%
2006	48	+20.0%
2012	70	+45.8%

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

• Lac de Chalain
• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics

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