Lélex

Lélex
Town hall Town hall
Coat of arms of Lélex Coat of arms
Lélex
Location within Rhône-Alpes region Lélex
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Gex
Canton	Gex
Intercommunality	Pays de Gex
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Danièle Gabriel-Robez
Area1	17.7 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	225
• Density	13/km2 (33/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	01210 / 01410
Elevation	720–1,703 m (2,362–5,587 ft) (avg. 889 m or 2,917 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lélex is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

Mountain sports

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View from the top of the ski lift

Lélex is known as the highest ski resort of the Jura Mountains (1680 m).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	782	—
1800	794	+1.5%
1806	796	+0.3%
1821	512	−35.7%
1831	578	+12.9%
1836	563	−2.6%
1841	558	−0.9%
1846	529	−5.2%
1851	540	+2.1%
1856	530	−1.9%
1861	521	−1.7%
1866	546	+4.8%
1872	541	−0.9%
1876	520	−3.9%
1881	525	+1.0%
1886	518	−1.3%
1891	492	−5.0%
1896	485	−1.4%
1901	488	+0.6%
1906	484	−0.8%
1911	480	−0.8%
1921	382	−20.4%
1926	346	−9.4%
1931	280	−19.1%
1936	261	−6.8%
1946	189	−27.6%
1954	169	−10.6%
1962	156	−7.7%
1968	184	+17.9%
1975	183	−0.5%
1982	203	+10.9%
1990	232	+14.3%
1999	221	−4.7%
2008	225	+1.8%

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

References

• INSEE