Essia (French pronunciation: [esja]) is a former commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of La Chailleuse.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 182 —     1806 225 +23.6% 1821 211 −6.2% 1831 197 −6.6% 1841 177 −10.2% 1851 198 +11.9% 1861 191 −3.5% 1872 183 −4.2% 1881 184 +0.5% 1891 177 −3.8% 1901 165 −6.8% 1911 178 +7.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 163 −8.4% 1931 131 −19.6% 1946 110 −16.0% 1954 105 −4.5% 1962 94 −10.5% 1968 89 −5.3% 1975 72 −19.1% 1982 64 −11.1% 1990 62 −3.1% 1999 54 −12.9% 2006 58 +7.4% 2012 67 +15.5%

• Communes of the Jura department