Loray

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Coordinates: 47°09′14″N 6°29′47″E / 47.15389, 6.49639

Commune of Loray

Location
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Coordinates 47°09′14″N 6°29′47″E / 47.15389, 6.49639
Administration
Country France
Region Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Besançon
Canton Pierrefontaine-les-Varans
Intercommunality CdC du Pays de Pierrefontaine - Vercel
Mayor Jean-Marie Pobelle
Statistics
Elevation 500 m–971 m
(avg. 745 m)
Land area¹ 14.39 km²
Population²
(1999)
404
 - Density 28/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 25249/ 25390
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.
France

Loray is a communes, located in the département of the Doubs and the région Franche-Comté.

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[edit] Geography

Loray is at the est of France, near Pierrefontaine, Valdahon, Orchamps-Venne at approximately 50 km east of Besançon. On the road of the "micro-techniques" between Morteau and Besançon. Its highest point is the "Roche-Barchey" at an altitude of 1,000 m.

[edit] History

From the List of European tornadoes and tornado outbreaks, some area of the village had been under a tornado the 9 June 1935.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was 404.
The estimate for 2004 was 433.

Its inhabitants are called les Loraitins ( or les Cabas ).

[edit] Nearby Communes

The neighbouring communes of Loray are : La Sommette, Flangebouche, Orchamps-Vennes, Plaimbois-Vennes, Vennes.

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