Jura (department)
Jura | |
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From top down, left to right: Lac de Vouglans, Baume-les-Messieurs, Poligny, Lac de Bonlieu, Lac de l'Abbaye, Les Planches-près-Arbois, Chancia | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Jura in France | |
| Coordinates: 46°40′31″N 5°33′16″E / 46.67528°N 5.55444°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Prefecture | Lons-le-Saunier |
| Subprefectures | Dole Saint-Claude |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Gérôme Fassenet (LR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,999 km2 (1,930 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,200 m (3,900 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 200 m (660 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 257,973 |
| • Rank | 83rd |
| • Density | 51.60/km2 (133.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 39 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 17 |
| Communes | 494 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Jura (/ˈ(d)ʒʊərə/ JOOR-ə, ZHOOR-ə; French: [ʒyʁa] ⓘ) is a department in the northeastern French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The department takes its name from the Jura Mountains. Its prefecture is Lons-le-Saunier; subprefectures are Dole and Saint-Claude. In 2019, Jura had a population of 259,199. It has a short portion of the border of Switzerland.