Nanchez

Nanchez
The town hall in Chaux-des-Prés
Location of Nanchez
Nanchez
Nanchez
Coordinates: 46°30′29″N 5°52′01″E / 46.508°N 5.867°E / 46.508; 5.867
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentJura
ArrondissementSaint-Claude
CantonSaint-Claude
Intercommunalityla Grandvallière
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Yvan Auger
Area
1
31.65 km2 (12.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
761
  Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
39130 /39150
Elevation485–1,045 m (1,591–3,428 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nanchez (French pronunciation: [nɑ̃ʃe]) is a commune in the Jura department of eastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the former communes of Chaux-des-Prés and Prénovel. On 1 January 2019, the former communes Les Piards and Villard-sur-Bienne were merged into Nanchez.