Thoirette
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Bridge over the Ain
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Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Thoirette
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| Coordinates: 46°16′19″N 5°32′00″E / 46.2719°N 5.5333°ECoordinates: 46°16′19″N 5°32′00″E / 46.2719°N 5.5333°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Jura |
| Arrondissement | Lons-le-Saunier |
| Canton | Moirans-en-Montagne |
| Area1 | 8.77 km2 (3.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2013)2 | 694 |
| • Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 39530 /39240 |
| Elevation | 275–635 m (902–2,083 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Thoirette is a former commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Thoirette-Coisia.
Thoirette is the birthplace of the anatomist Marie François Xavier Bichat, whose house still exists in the older part of town.
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