Ivory | |
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.jpg) The church in Ivory | |
Location of Ivory  | |
  Ivory  Ivory | |
| Coordinates:46°54′48″N5°51′37″E / 46.9133°N 5.8603°E /46.9133; 5.8603 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Jura |
| Arrondissement | Dole |
| Canton | Arbois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Duquet[1] |
Area 1 | 9.13 km2 (3.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 87 |
| • Density | 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 39267 /39110 |
| Elevation | 544–632 m (1,785–2,073 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ivory (French pronunciation:[ivɔʁi]) is acommune in theJuradepartment inBourgogne-Franche-Comté in easternFrance.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 128 | — |
| 1975 | 110 | −2.14% |
| 1982 | 126 | +1.96% |
| 1990 | 107 | −2.02% |
| 1999 | 84 | −2.65% |
| 2009 | 83 | −0.12% |
| 2014 | 87 | +0.95% |
| 2020 | 98 | +2.00% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
In a farmyard in the village is a huge oldlime tree.[5] Now old and hollow, the trunk could accommodate a table for six or eight diners. It is said to have been planted to mark the marriage ofMaria, nineteen-year-old daughter and heiress ofCharles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to EmperorMaximilian I. The marriage took place on 18 August 1477. Maria's father had died in battle outside Nancy on 5 January that same year.Why plant a tree in Ivory? Who planted it? It was completely unmarked and unknown until a passing visitor told the local Tourist Board the story and the tree was ring fenced and its history recorded on a plaque.
