Jura department

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region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
prefecture	Lons-le-Saunier
Sub-prefecture (s)	Dole Saint-Claude
Residents	260.188 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	52 inhabitants per km²
surface	4,999.18 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	17th
Cantons	17th
Communities	494
President of the Department Council	Clement Pernot
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-39
Location of the department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté

The Jura [ ʒyʀa ] (officially Département du Jura ) is the French department with the atomic number 39. It is in the east of the country in the Region Bourgogne Franche-Comté on the border between France and Switzerland and is named after the mountain Jura named .

geography

The department is bordered by the Haute-Saône department to the north, the Doubs department and the Swiss canton of Vaud to the east, the Ain department to the south, the Saône-et-Loire department to the west and the Côte-d department to the north-west 'Or .

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from parts of the Free County of Burgundy .

From 1960 to 2015 it was part of the Franche-Comté region , which in 2016 became part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

coat of arms

Description: In the blue and red divided coat of arms above is a growing golden lion with a crown and red tongue and claws between sown golden shingles and below a silver lace cut with three points.

Cities

The most populous municipalities in the Jura department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Dole	23,708	Dole
Lons-le-Saunier	17,291	Lons-le-Saunier
Saint-Claude	9,279	Saint-Claude
Champagnole	7,958	Lons-le-Saunier
Morez	5,350	Saint-Claude

Administrative division

The Jura department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 17 cantons and 494 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Jura department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Dole	8th	190	106,339	1,769.49	60	391
Lons-le-Saunier	8th	249	104,459	2,271.85	46	392
Saint-Claude	5	55	49,390	957.84	52	393
Jura department	17th	494	260.188	4,999.18	52	39

See also:

• List of communes in the Jura department
• List of cantons in the Jura department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Jura department

economy

The Jura wine-growing region is located in the department .

Web links

Commons : Département Jura  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jura department (French)
• Prefecture of the Jura department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ jura.fr accessed on May 1, 2015.

Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′  N , 5 ° 33 ′  E