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Jura is one of eight départements of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and is surrounded by the French départements of Doubs, Haute-Saône, Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, and Ain, as well as the Swiss canton of Vaud on the east.
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The following is a list of the 494 communes of the Jura...
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Historically, Jura belonged to the Free County of Burgundy, known in French as the Franche-Comté. Dole was the capital until the region was conquered by Louis XIV. Louis XIV moved the capital to Besançon and Dole is now a sous-préfectureof Jura. As early as the 13th century, inhabitants of the southern 2/3 of Jura spoke a dialect of Arpitan languag...
Jura is part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It has an area of 4,999.2 km2(1,930 sq mi). The department borders with 5 departments in two regions. The Swiss canton of Vaudis to the southeast. 1. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region 1.1. Haute-Saône(north) 1.2. Doubs(east) 1.3. Saône-et-Loire(west) 1.4. Côte-d'Or(northwest) 2. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ...
Jura is managed by the Departmental Council of Jura in Lons-le-Saunier. The department is part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comtéregion.
Jura had a population, in 2014, of 260,681, for a population density of 52.1 inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier, with 126,071 inhabitants, is the arrondissementwith more inhabitants. The cities with more than inhabitants in the department are:
Jura is a wine-growing region. The Jura wines are very distinctive and unusual wines, such as vin jaune, which is made by a similar process to sherry. It develops under a flor of yeast. This is made from the local Savagnin grape variety. Other grape varieties include Poulsard, Trousseau, and Chardonnay.
The Jura mountains provide ample opportunities for hiking, skiing, mountain biking and other winter sports.
Prefecture website Archived 2017-08-12 at the Wayback Machine (in French)Le Jura (/ʒy.ʁa/ Note 1) est un département français nommé d'après le massif du Jura, du gaulois juris qui signifie « forêt de montagne ». Frontalier du canton de Vaud en Suisse, il constitue l'un des huit départements que comprend la région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Jura is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the Jura Mountains, its prefecture is Lons-le-Saunier. Its subprefect...
The following is a list of the 494 communes of the Jura department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): Communauté d'agglomération Espace Communautaire Lons Agglomération; Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dole; Communauté de communes Arbois, Poligny, Salins – Cœur du Jura
Insee CodePostal CodeCommune3900139500390023960039003398003900439110The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Jura department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
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Jura ( / ˈ ( d) ʒʊərə / JOOR-ə, ZHOOR-ə, French: [ʒyʁa] ( listen)) [needs Arpitan IPA] is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the Jura Mountains, its prefecture is Lons-le-Saunier. Its subprefectures are Dole and Saint-Claude. In 2019, Jura had a population of 259,199. Its INSEE code is 39.
