Essia

Essia
Part of La Chailleuse
Location of Essia
Essia Essia
Coordinates: 46°35′11″N 5°32′57″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Moirans-en-Montagne
Commune	La Chailleuse
Area 1	4.86 km2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population  (2018)	72
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	39270
Elevation	459–640 m (1,506–2,100 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Essia (French pronunciation: [esja]) is a former commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of La Chailleuse.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 182 —     1806 225 23.6% 1821 211 −6.2% 1831 197 −6.6% 1841 177 −10.2% 1851 198 11.9% 1861 191 −3.5% 1872 183 −4.2% 1881 184 0.5% 1891 177 −3.8% 1901 165 −6.8% 1911 178 7.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 163 −8.4% 1931 131 −19.6% 1946 110 −16.0% 1954 105 −4.5% 1962 94 −10.5% 1968 89 −5.3% 1975 72 −19.1% 1982 64 −11.1% 1990 62 −3.1% 1999 54 −12.9% 2006 58 7.4% 2012 67 15.5%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department