Ivory (French pronunciation: [ivɔʁi]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.[3]

Ivory
The church in Ivory
The church in Ivory
Location of Ivory
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Ivory is located in France
Ivory
Ivory
Ivory is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Ivory
Ivory
Coordinates: 46°54′48″N 5°51′37″E / 46.9133°N 5.8603°E / 46.9133; 5.8603
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentJura
ArrondissementDole
CantonArbois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Duquet[1]
Area
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9.13 km2 (3.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
92
 • Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
39267 /39110
Elevation544–632 m (1,785–2,073 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 128—    
1975 110−2.14%
1982 126+1.96%
1990 107−2.02%
1999 84−2.65%
2009 83−0.12%
2014 87+0.95%
2020 98+2.00%
Source: INSEE[4]

Old tree

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In a farmyard in the village is a huge old lime tree.[5] Now old and hollow, the trunk could accommodate a table for six or eight diners. It is said to have been planted to mark the marriage of Maria, nineteen-year-old daughter and heiress of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to Emperor Maximilian I. The marriage took place on 18 August 1477. Maria's father had died in battle outside Nancy on 5 January that same year. Why plant a tree in Ivory? Who planted it? It was completely unmarked and unknown until a passing visitor told the local Tourist Board the story and the tree was ring fenced and its history recorded on a plaque.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ Le tilleul de Grange Sauvaget, monumentaltrees.com