Ranchot

Ranchot =
Ranchot =
Location within Franche-Comté region Ranchot =
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Dole
Canton	Dampierre
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Éric Montignon
Area1	6.91 km2 (2.67 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	480
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	39451 / 39700
Elevation	209–262 m (686–860 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.

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

Geography

Ranchot is a small Jura village on the Doubs river. It is situated on the D673 (previously Route nationale 73) between Dole and Besançon, 5 km from the A36 autoroute junction 2.1.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	264	—
1806	204	−22.7%
1821	245	+20.1%
1831	273	+11.4%
1841	310	+13.6%
1851	302	−2.6%
1861	358	+18.5%
1872	383	+7.0%
1881	360	−6.0%
1891	347	−3.6%
1901	312	−10.1%
1911	302	−3.2%
1921	260	−13.9%
1931	244	−6.2%
1946	265	+8.6%
1954	265	+0.0%
1962	281	+6.0%
1968	331	+17.8%
1975	356	+7.6%
1982	331	−7.0%
1990	348	+5.1%
1999	439	+26.1%
2006	485	+10.5%
2012	480	−1.0%

History

There is evidence of Gallo-Roman occupation (Roman roads in certain fields in the commune). In the 13th century, Ranchot was made a dependendence of Rans. The village was devastated by wars and plague in the 16th and 17th centuries.

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics