Ornans
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Commune of Ornans |
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Canton | Ornans (chief town) | |
| Intercommunality | CdC du Pays d'Ornans | |
| Statistics | ||
| Elevation | 323 m–635 m | |
| Land area¹ | 32.64 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
4,037 | |
| - Density | 124/km² | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 25434/ 25290 | |
| 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. | ||
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Ornans is a town and commune in the Doubs département, in the region of Franche-Comté of eastern France.
Ornans is the birthplace of the French realist painter, Gustave Courbet (1819 - 1877). One of Courbet's most famous paintings is Burial at Ornans, which records the burial of his great uncle in September 1848. Courbet's painting depicted actual people who had attended the funeral and were used as models for the painting.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census of 1999, the population was 4,037.
The estimate for 2007 was 4,106.
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