Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude

{{short description|Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France}}

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude

|commune status = Commune

|image = Mairie de Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.JPG

|caption = The town hall in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude

|coordinates = {{coord|46.3872|5.7831|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|arrondissement = Saint-Claude

|canton = Coteaux du Lizon

|INSEE = 39286

|postal code = 39170

|mayor = Philippe Passot{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Haut-Jura Saint-Claude

|elevation m =

|elevation min m = 356

|elevation max m = 936

|area km2 = 23.68

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude ({{IPA|fr|lavɑ̃ lɛ sɛ̃ klod}}, literally Lavans near Saint-Claude) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/39286-lavans-les-saint-claude INSEE commune file] On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Ponthoux was merged into Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/10/28/INTB1525725A/jo/texte/fr Arrêté préfectoral] 28 October 2015 On 1 January 2019, the former commune of Pratz was merged into Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.[http://www.jura.gouv.fr/content/download/16097/119474/file/RAA_39201810004_du_19_10_2018.pdf Arrêté préfectoral] 16 October 2018, p. 56