Morbier

For the cheese, see Morbier cheese.

Morbier
Viaduct
Morbier
Location within Franche-Comté region Morbier
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Saint-Claude
Canton	Morez
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Daniel Flament
Area1	34.84 km2 (13.45 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,383
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	39367 / 39400
Elevation	650–1,180 m (2,130–3,870 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.

Morbier is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.

From 1680 to 1920, Morbier was, with Morez, the center of Comtoise clock production.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,880	—
1806	1,903	+1.2%
1821	1,911	+0.4%
1831	2,042	+6.9%
1841	2,087	+2.2%
1851	1,944	−6.9%
1861	1,660	−14.6%
1872	1,681	+1.3%
1881	1,577	−6.2%
1891	1,573	−0.3%
1901	1,456	−7.4%
1911	1,433	−1.6%
1921	1,002	−30.1%
1931	1,020	+1.8%
1946	886	−13.1%
1954	1,123	+26.7%
1962	1,217	+8.4%
1968	1,273	+4.6%
1975	1,547	+21.5%
1982	1,667	+7.8%
1990	1,964	+17.8%
1999	2,069	+5.3%
2006	2,383	+15.2%
2012	2,290	−3.9%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics