Dessia (French pronunciation: [desja]) is a former commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Montlainsia.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 177 —     1806 176 −0.6% 1821 157 −10.8% 1831 285 +81.5% 1841 252 −11.6% 1851 244 −3.2% 1861 228 −6.6% 1872 190 −16.7% 1881 185 −2.6% 1891 177 −4.3% 1901 161 −9.0% 1911 151 −6.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 111 −26.5% 1931 92 −17.1% 1946 93 +1.1% 1954 77 −17.2% 1962 83 +7.8% 1968 83 +0.0% 1975 83 +0.0% 1982 72 −13.3% 1990 61 −15.3% 1999 70 +14.8% 2006 79 +12.9% 2012 61 −22.8%

• Communes of the Jura department