Villard-sur-Bienne

Villard-sur-Bienne
Part of Nanchez
The town hall in 2018.
Location of Villard-sur-Bienne
Villard-sur-Bienne Villard-sur-Bienne
Coordinates: 46°28′32″N 5°53′59″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Saint-Claude
Canton	Saint-Claude
Commune	Nanchez
Area 1	10.37 km2 (4.00 sq mi)
Population  (2019)	177
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	39200
Elevation	485–962 m (1,591–3,156 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villard-sur-Bienne (French pronunciation: [vilaʁ syʁ bjɛn], literally Villard on Bienne) is a former commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Nanchez.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 465 —     1806 454 −2.4% 1821 440 −3.1% 1831 445 +1.1% 1841 397 −10.8% 1851 388 −2.3% 1861 349 −10.1% 1872 289 −17.2% 1881 296 +2.4% 1891 239 −19.3% 1901 199 −16.7% 1911 195 −2.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 146 −25.1% 1931 163 +11.6% 1946 114 −30.1% 1954 139 +21.9% 1962 113 −18.7% 1968 104 −8.0% 1975 76 −26.9% 1982 85 +11.8% 1990 115 +35.3% 1999 132 +14.8% 2008 195 +47.7% 2013 188 −3.6%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department