Ornans 

Coordinates: 47°06′21″N 6°08′38″E / 47.10583, 6.14389

Commune of Ornans
Location
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Coordinates 47°06′21″N 6°08′38″E / 47.10583, 6.14389
Administration
Country France
Region Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Besançon
Canton Ornans
Intercommunality Pays d'Ornans
Mayor Jean-François Longeot
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 323–635 m
Land area¹ 32.64 km²
Population²
(1999)		 4037
 - Density 124/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 25434/ 25290
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Ornans is a commune in the Doubs department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Ornans is the birthplace of the French realist painter, Gustave Courbet (1819 - 1877). One of Courbet's most famous paintings is Burial at Ornans, which records the burial of his great uncle in September 1848. Courbet's painting depicted actual people who had attended the funeral and were used as models for the painting.

Demographics

Date of Population
(Source: INSEE1)
1793 1800 1806 1820 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
3104 3266 3243 - 3019 2982 3096 3306 3304 3483
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
3189 3522 3448 3173 3169 3350 3279 3092 3204
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
3153 2910 2736 2628 2908 3051 2969 2840 3237
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2004 - -
3619 4147 4231 4134 4016 4037 - - -
For the census of 1962 to 1999 the official population corresponds with the population without duplicates according to the INSEE.

See also

References

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