Dessia

Dessia
Part of Montlainsia
Location of Dessia
Dessia Dessia
Coordinates: 46°23′09″N 5°30′08″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Saint-Amour
Commune	Montlainsia
Area 1	4.64 km2 (1.79 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	65
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	39320
Elevation	510–671 m (1,673–2,201 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dessia (French pronunciation: [desja]) is a former commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Montlainsia.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 177 —     1806 176 −0.6% 1821 157 −10.8% 1831 285 +81.5% 1841 252 −11.6% 1851 244 −3.2% 1861 228 −6.6% 1872 190 −16.7% 1881 185 −2.6% 1891 177 −4.3% 1901 161 −9.0% 1911 151 −6.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 111 −26.5% 1931 92 −17.1% 1946 93 +1.1% 1954 77 −17.2% 1962 83 +7.8% 1968 83 +0.0% 1975 83 +0.0% 1982 72 −13.3% 1990 61 −15.3% 1999 70 +14.8% 2006 79 +12.9% 2012 61 −22.8%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department