Besain
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Commune of Besain |
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Location | ||
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Coordinates | ||
Administration | ||
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Country | France | |
Region | Franche-Comté | |
Department | Jura | |
Arrondissement | Lons-le-Saunier | |
Canton | Poligny | |
Statistics | ||
Elevation | 514 m–640 m | |
Land area¹ | 12.84 km² | |
Population² (1999) |
180 | |
- Density | 14/km² | |
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INSEE/Postal code | 39050/ 39800 | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Besain is a village and commune in the Jura département, in the French region of Franche-Comté.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census of 1999, the population was 180.
The estimation for 2006 was 170.