Thoirette

Thoirette is a former commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Thoirette-Coisia.[2]

Thoirette
Part of Thoirette-Coisia
Bridge over the Ain
Location of Thoirette
Thoirette Thoirette
Coordinates: 46°16′19″N 5°32′00″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Moirans-en-Montagne
Commune	Thoirette-Coisia
Area ^1	8.77 km^2 (3.39 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	667
• Density	76/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	39240
Elevation	275–635 m (902–2,083 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	155	—
1806	280	+80.6%
1821	285	+1.8%
1831	580	+103.5%
1841	586	+1.0%
1851	595	+1.5%
1861	563	−5.4%
1872	549	−2.5%
1881	527	−4.0%
1891	472	−10.4%
1901	435	−7.8%
1911	377	−13.3%
1921	384	+1.9%
1931	404	+5.2%
1946	294	−27.2%
1954	238	−19.0%
1962	205	−13.9%
1968	223	+8.8%
1975	234	+4.9%
1982	291	+24.4%
1990	427	+46.7%
1999	543	+27.2%
2008	646	+19.0%
2013	694	+7.4%

Personalities

Thoirette is the birthplace of the anatomist Xavier Bichat (1771–1802), whose house still exists in the older part of town.[3]

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 19 December 2016 (in French)
3. Dominique Auzias; Jean-Paul Labourdette (30 June 2010). Jura 2010-2011. Petit Futé. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-2-7469-2840-4. Retrieved 1 January 2013.