Syam, Jura

Syam
Commune
Château de Syam
Location of Syam
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Coordinates: 46°42′03″N5°57′00″E / 46.7008°N 5.95°E / 46.7008; 5.95
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Champagnole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Gobet [1]
Area 1	6.90 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population  (2023) [2]	184
• Density	26.7/km2 (69.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39523 /39300
Elevation	521–794 m (1,709–2,605 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Syam (French pronunciation: [sjam] ; Arpitan: Chan) is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. ^[3]

The village is known for the Château de Syam, a large French Empire villa designed by Champennois l'Aîné in 1818.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	243	—
1975	232	−0.66%
1982	226	−0.37%
1990	234	+0.44%
1999	221	−0.63%
2009	197	−1.14%
2014	191	−0.62%
2020	191	+0.00%
Source: INSEE [4]

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