La Barre, Haute-Saône

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Location of La Barre

(2020–2026) Bernard Pelcy^[1]Area

1.93 km² (0.75 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

97 • Density50/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

70050 /70190

Elevation227–282 m (745–925 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Barre (French pronunciation: [la baʁ]) is a commune in the department of Haute-Saône, in the eastern French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Geography

Located in the valley of the Ognon river and neighboring the department of Doubs, La Barre is bordered by the municipalities of Beaumotte-Aubertans, Blarians, Germondans, Rigney and Vandelans. It is 26 kilometres (16 miles) from Besançon and 29 kilometres (18 mi) from Vesoul.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	62	—
1975	49	−3.31%
1982	63	+3.66%
1990	51	−2.61%
1999	61	+2.01%
2007	99	+6.24%
2012	107	+1.57%
2017	101	−1.15%
Source: INSEE^[3]

In popular culture

The fictional character Jean-Luc Picard of the American science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation was born and raised in "La Barre" on his family's vineyard there.^[4] Shots of the future La Barre are seen in the 1990 episode "Family".^[5] The location of Picard's family village was indicated as being in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France on wine bottle labels seen in the trailer for Star Trek: Picard, released on May 23, 2019. However, as there are two La Barres in this region of France, it has not been established which one is Picard's home.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Okuda, Mike and Denise Okuda, with Debbie Mirek (1999). The Star Trek Encyclopedia. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-53609-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Hatfield, James; George Burt (1996). Patrick Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography. Pinnacle Books. p. 130. ISBN 9780786003150.