Morbier

For the cheese, see Morbier cheese.

Morbier
Commune
A view of Morbier
Coat of arms
Location of Morbier
Morbier Morbier
Coordinates: 46°32′15″N 6°01′03″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Saint-Claude
Canton	Hauts de Bienne
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Philippe Huguenet
Area 1	34.84 km2 (13.45 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,290
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39367 /39400
Elevation	650–1,180 m (2,130–3,870 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Morbier (French pronunciation: [mɔʁbje] ) is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. From 1680 to 1920, Morbier was, with Morez, the centre of Comtoise clock production. It gave its name to the Morbier cheese, which is produced in a larger area in the Jura Mountains. It is part of Haut-Jura Regional Natural Park.

Population

In January 2007, Morbier absorbed the formerly independent commune of Tancua. Population data in the table below before 2009 refer to the commune of Morbier without Tancua.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,880 —     1800 1,880 +0.00% 1806 1,903 +0.20% 1821 1,911 +0.03% 1831 2,042 +0.67% 1836 2,090 +0.47% 1841 2,087 −0.03% 1846 1,978 −1.07% 1851 1,944 −0.35% 1856 1,880 −0.67% 1861 1,660 −2.46% 1866 1,681 +0.25% 1872 1,681 +0.00% 1876 1,657 −0.36% 1881 1,577 −0.98% 1886 1,545 −0.41% 1891 1,573 +0.36% 1896 1,719 +1.79%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,456 −3.27% 1906 1,466 +0.14% 1911 1,433 −0.45% 1921 1,002 −3.51% 1926 1,060 +1.13% 1931 1,020 −0.77% 1936 966 −1.08% 1946 886 −0.86% 1954 1,123 +3.01% 1962 1,217 +1.01% 1968 1,273 +0.75% 1975 1,547 +2.82% 1982 1,667 +1.07% 1990 1,964 +2.07% 1999 2,069 +0.58% 2009 2,267 +0.92% 2014 2,302 +0.31% 2020 2,274 −0.20%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (2009–2020)

See also

• Communes of the Jura department