Ivory (French pronunciation: ​[ivɔʁi]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.[3]

Ivory
Commune
The church in Ivory
Location of Ivory
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Coordinates: 46°54′48″N 5°51′37″E
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  (Jan. 2019)[2]	103
• Density	11/km2 (29/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.

Population

Old tree

In a farmyard in the village is a huge old lime tree.[4] 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 of Maria, nineteen-year-old daughter and heiress of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to Emperor Maximilian 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.

See also

• Communes of the Jura department

References

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