Syam, Jura

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

Syam
Commune
Château de Syam
Location of Syam
Syam Syam
Coordinates: 46°42′03″N 5°57′00″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Champagnole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Claude Deniset
Area ^1	6.90 km^2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	189
• Density	27/km^2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39523 /39300
Elevation	521–794 m (1,709–2,605 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The village is known for the Château de Syam, a large French Empire villa designed by Champennois l'Aîné in 1818.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 175 —     1806 177 +1.1% 1821 275 +55.4% 1831 444 +61.5% 1841 399 −10.1% 1851 360 −9.8% 1861 352 −2.2% 1872 404 +14.8% 1881 466 +15.3% 1891 379 −18.7% 1901 322 −15.0% 1921 274 −14.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1931 235 −14.2% 1946 187 −20.4% 1954 233 +24.6% 1962 243 +4.3% 1968 243 +0.0% 1975 232 −4.5% 1982 226 −2.6% 1990 234 +3.5% 1999 221 −5.6% 2008 203 −8.1% 2013 194 −4.4%

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.