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Jura ( / ˈ ( d) ʒʊərə / JOOR-ə, ZHOOR-ə, French: [ʒyʁa] ⓘ) [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. [3]
The Jura Mountains ( / ˈ ( d) ʒʊərə / JOOR-ə, ZHOOR-ə) [1] are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border. While the Jura range proper (" folded Jura", Faltenjura) is located in France and Switzerland, the range continues as the Table Jura ("not ...
Macvin du Jura is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée producing late harvest vin du Jura fortified with marc du Jura. On 14 November 1991 it received its AOC designation. It is the latest Jurassian AOC, becoming the third vin de liqueur to receive such a designation. Macvin has been in production since the fourteenth century.
Poligny (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The town stands at the foot of the first plateau of the Jura region, with limestone cliffs rising to its east and south, and a steephead valley leading to the village of Vaux-sur-Poligny to the east. On the cliffs to the east ...
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INSEE code. 391. The arrondissement of Dole is an arrondissement of France in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It has 190 communes. [2] Its population is 106,246 (2016), and its area is 1,769.5 km 2 (683.2 sq mi). [3]
The 3 arrondissements of the Jura department are: [1] Arrondissement of Dole, ( subprefecture: Dole) with 190 communes. [2] The population of the arrondissement was 83,474 in 2013. Arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier, ( prefecture of the Jura department: Lons-le-Saunier) with 249 communes. [3] The population of the arrondissement was 125,876 in 2013.
RER D. RER D is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris and its suburbs. The 190-kilometre (120 mi) line crosses the region from north to south, with all trains serving a group of stations in central Paris, before branching out ...