Lélex

Lélex
Town hall
Coat of arms
Lélex
Location within Rhône-Alpes region  Lélex
Coordinates: 46°18′17″N 5°56′36″E / 46.3047°N 5.9433°ECoordinates: 46°18′17″N 5°56′36″E / 46.3047°N 5.9433°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Gex
Canton	Gex
Intercommunality	Pays de Gex
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Danièle Gabriel-Robez
Area^1	17.7 km^2 (6.8 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	225
• Density	13/km^2 (33/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01210 / 01410
Elevation	720–1,703 m (2,362–5,587 ft) (avg. 889 m or 2,917 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.

Lélex is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Mountain sports

View from the top of the ski lift

Lélex is known as the highest ski resort of the Jura Mountains (1680 m).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	782	—
1800	794	+1.5%
1806	796	+0.3%
1821	512	−35.7%
1831	578	+12.9%
1836	563	−2.6%
1841	558	−0.9%
1846	529	−5.2%
1851	540	+2.1%
1856	530	−1.9%
1861	521	−1.7%
1866	546	+4.8%
1872	541	−0.9%
1876	520	−3.9%
1881	525	+1.0%
1886	518	−1.3%
1891	492	−5.0%
1896	485	−1.4%
1901	488	+0.6%
1906	484	−0.8%
1911	480	−0.8%
1921	382	−20.4%
1926	346	−9.4%
1931	280	−19.1%
1936	261	−6.8%
1946	189	−27.6%
1954	169	−10.6%
1962	156	−7.7%
1968	184	+17.9%
1975	183	−0.5%
1982	203	+10.9%
1990	232	+14.3%
1999	221	−4.7%
2008	225	+1.8%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE