Canton of Lons-le-Saunier-Nord
| Former canton of Lons-le-Saunier-Nord |
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| region | Franche-Comté |
| Department | law |
| Arrondissement | Lons-le-Saunier |
| main place | Lons-le-Saunier |
| Establishment date | 1973 |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 14,418 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 307 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 47 km² |
| Communities | 9 |
| INSEE code | 3915 |
 Location of the canton of Lons-le-Saunier-Nord in the Jura department |
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The Canton of Lons-le-Saunier-Nord was by 2015 a French canton in the department of Jura and in the former region of Franche-Comte . It comprised nine parishes in the arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Lons-le-Saunier . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015. The last representative in the conseil général des Départements was Marc-Henri Duvernet from 2011 to 2015.