Lons-le-Saunier
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Lons-le-Saunier | |
| Canton | Main town of Lons-le-Saunier-1 Lons-le-Saunier-2 |
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| Community association | Espace Communautaire Lons Agglomération | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 40 ′ N , 5 ° 33 ′ E | |
| height | 243-415 m | |
| surface | 7.68 km 2 | |
| Residents | 17,291 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,251 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 39000 | |
| INSEE code | 39300 | |
| Website | www.ville-lons-le-saunier.fr | |
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The French city of Lons-le-Saunier is the capital of the Jura department with 17,291 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) . It is also the seat of the sub-prefecture of the arrondissement Lons-le-Saunier and the capital of the cantons Lons-le-Saunier-1 and Lons-le-Saunier-2 .
geography
The city is about halfway between Dole in the north and Bourg-en-Bresse in the south. The river Vallière flows through it; however, it runs largely underground to reduce the risk of flooding.
history
Already the Romans used the thermal springs of Lons-le-Saunier. The city was then called Ledo salinarius (salt city).
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
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| 15,924 | 18,769 | 20,942 | 20,105 | 19,144 | 18,463 | 17,907 |
Attractions
- The city also has one of the oldest crypts in the Jura, the Saint-Désiré church . It dates from the 11th century.
- The city museum houses exhibits on local prehistory , paintings and sculptures .
economy
Lons-le-Saunier is home to the well-known processed cheese “ La vache qui rit ” (The laughing cow). There has also been viticulture in the area since the Middle Ages; the place belongs to the Jura wine-growing region .
Town twinning
Offenburg in Baden-Württemberg is twin town of Lons-le-Saunier.
Personalities
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836), composer, poet and officer, wrote the Marseillaise in April 1792 in Strasbourg
- Étienne Bobillier (1798–1840), mathematician
- Jules Prosper Goudot (1803– after 1858), explorer
- Louis Vuitton (1821–1892), suitcase maker and entrepreneur
- Maurice Joly (1829–1878), lawyer and writer
- Auguste Bailly (1878–1967), author, historian and Romanist
- René Rémond (1918–2007), historian and political scientist
- Bernard Clavel (1923-2010), writer
- Michel Jouvet (1925–2017), neuroscientist and dream researcher
- Jean-François Stévenin (* 1944), actor, screenwriter and film director
- Jean-Claude Romand (* 1954), convicted, multiple murderer
- Dominique Répécaud (1955–2016), French fusion musician and music producer
- Denis Favier (* 1959), Général d'Armée and Director of the National Gendarmerie
- Géraldine Kosiak (* 1969), artist and writer
