Chancia

For the Cambrian trilobite genus, see Chancia (trilobite).

Chancia
Commune
The town hall in Chancia
Location of Chancia
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Coordinates: 46°20′49″N 5°38′36″E / 46.3469°N 5.6433°E / 46.3469; 5.6433
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Saint-Claude
Canton	Moirans-en-Montagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Robert Bonin[1]
Area ^1	2.41 km^2 (0.93 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	211
• Density	87.6/km^2 (227/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39102 /01590
Elevation	300–680 m (980–2,230 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	106	—
1975	77	−4.46%
1982	100	+3.80%
1990	87	−1.73%
1999	142	+5.59%
2009	237	+5.26%
2014	221	−1.39%
2020	226	+0.37%
Source: INSEE[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Chancia

Wavy per fess: 1st azure semé of billets or with a lion issuant of the same, 2nd party per pale, I gules with a chess pawn argent and II argent with a fir tree eradicated vert trunked tenné.[5]

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=20470