Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson

Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson
Commune
A barn in the village of Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson
Coat of arms
Location of Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson
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Coordinates: 44°02′20″N 6°09′03″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Canton	Riez
Intercommunality	CA Provence-Alpes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Estienne[1]
Area ^1	36.2 km^2 (14.0 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	689
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	04046 /04510
Elevation	470–960 m (1,540–3,150 ft) (avg. 584 m or 1,916 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Chaffaut-St-Jurson (French pronunciation: [lə ʃafo sɛ̃ ʒyʁsɔ̃]; Occitan: Lo Chafauc e Sant Jurson) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Geography

The village is located at an altitude of 584 meters, in the valley of the Bléone.

The differents commune adjacent to Le Chauffaut-Saint-Jurson are Aiglun, Digne-les-Bains, Châteauredon, Mézel, Saint-Jeannet, Malijai, Mirabeau, Mallemoisson.

Toponymy

The locality of Chaffaut appeared for the first time in the texts between 1064 and 1079 (in Kadalfucho). The term comes from the north-occitan translating cadalfac, naming a house with an outside staircase and a balcony according to Ernest Nègre, from catafalicum, meaning scaffold or siege tower according to Bénédicte and Jean-Jacques Fénié.

Saint-Jurson is a deformation of the name of the holy patron saint of the church, saint Georges, apostle of the Velay.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	196	—
1975	229	+2.25%
1982	346	+6.07%
1990	510	+4.97%
1999	674	+3.15%
2009	731	+0.82%
2014	707	−0.67%
2020	688	−0.45%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968 Archived 5 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine, INSEE