Jura (Department, France)

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• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
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• Jura (France, Department): Municipal flags
  • Arbois

Administrative data

Code: 39
Region: Franche-Comté
Traditional provinces: Franche-Comté
Bordering departments: Ain, Côte-d'Or, Doubs, Haute-Saône, Saône-et-Loire
Bordering country: Switzerland (canton of Vaud)

Area: 4,999 km²
Population (1995): 229,900 inhabitants

Préfecture: Lons-le-Saunier
Sous-préfectures: Dôle, Saint-Claude
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 34 cantons, 544 communes.

The department is named after the mountains of Jura.