Thoirette is a former commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Thoirette-Coisia.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 155 —     1806 280 +80.6% 1821 285 +1.8% 1831 580 +103.5% 1841 586 +1.0% 1851 595 +1.5% 1861 563 −5.4% 1872 549 −2.5% 1881 527 −4.0% 1891 472 −10.4% 1901 435 −7.8% 1911 377 −13.3%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 384 +1.9% 1931 404 +5.2% 1946 294 −27.2% 1954 238 −19.0% 1962 205 −13.9% 1968 223 +8.8% 1975 234 +4.9% 1982 291 +24.4% 1990 427 +46.7% 1999 543 +27.2% 2008 646 +19.0% 2013 694 +7.4%

Thoirette is the birthplace of the anatomist Xavier Bichat (1771–1802), whose house still exists in the older part of town.

• Communes of the Jura department