Lélex

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Lélex
Town hall

Coat of arms
Lélex
Coordinates: 46°18′17″N 5°56′36″E / 46.3047°N 5.9433°E / 46.3047; 5.9433Coordinates: 46°18′17″N 5°56′36″E / 46.3047°N 5.9433°E / 46.3047; 5.9433
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Gex
Canton Gex
Intercommunality Pays de Gex
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Danièle Gabriel-Robez
Area
  Land1 17.7 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 225
  Population2 Density 13/km2 (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

References

  1. Noszony m.in. na czapkach przez żołnierzy 1 Dywizji Piechoty im. Tadeusza Kościuszki
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