Sancey-le-Grand

Part of Sancey in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

47°17′41″N 6°34′59″E / 47.2947°N 6.5831°E / 47.2947; 6.5831CountryFranceRegionBourgogne-Franche-ComtéDepartmentDoubsArrondissementMontbéliardCantonBavansCommuneSancey Area23.55 km² (9.09 sq mi)Population930 • Density39/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation461–800 m (1,512–2,625 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sancey-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃sɛ lə ɡʁɑ̃]) is a former commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged with Sancey-le-Long into the new commune Sancey.^[2]

The commune lies on the first plateau of the river Doubs 55 km (34 mi) northeast of Besançon and 45 km (28 mi) southeast of Montbéliard.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 899 —     1800 747 −16.9% 1806 676 −9.5% 1821 933 +38.0% 1831 1,001 +7.3% 1836 1,036 +3.5% 1841 957 −7.6% 1846 960 +0.3% 1851 960 +0.0% 1856 935 −2.6% 1861 952 +1.8% 1866 945 −0.7% 1872 878 −7.1% 1876 815 −7.2% 1881 822 +0.9% 1886 852 +3.6% 1891 856 +0.5% 1896 889 +3.9%	Year Pop. ±% 1901 828 −6.9% 1906 802 −3.1% 1911 792 −1.2% 1921 669 −15.5% 1926 688 +2.8% 1931 675 −1.9% 1936 658 −2.5% 1946 665 +1.1% 1954 674 +1.4% 1962 786 +16.6% 1968 753 −4.2% 1975 839 +11.4% 1982 1,020 +21.6% 1990 1,091 +7.0% 1999 1,021 −6.4% 2004 1,058 +3.6% 2012 925 −12.6%
Source: Cassini-EHESS[3]

• Communes of the Doubs department