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  2. Jura (department) - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Jura wine - Wikipedia

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    Jura wine is French wine produced in the Jura département. Located between Burgundy and Switzerland, this cool climate wine region produces wines with some similarity to Burgundy and Swiss wine. Jura wines are distinctive and unusual wines, the most famous being vin jaune, which is made by a similar process to Sherry, developing under a flor ...

  4. Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura - Wikipedia

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    Visitors. 71,000 population. Governing body. Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France. Website. www .parc-haut-jura .fr /index _uk .php. Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura ( Jura Mountains Regional Natural Park) is a French regional natural park located in the southwest of the Jura Mountain Range in France, on the French-Swiss border.

  5. Grande-Rivière, Jura - Wikipedia

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    1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Grande-Rivière ( French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d ʁivjɛʁ], literally Great River) is a former commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new ...

  6. Arlay - Wikipedia

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    Elevation. 212–325 m (696–1,066 ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Arlay is a commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Saint-Germain-lès-Arlay was merged ...

  7. Fortified Sector of the Jura - Wikipedia

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    The SF Jura was attached to the 45th CAF on 16 March 1940. Until 19 May, the 45th CAF was an autonomous unit. Afterwards it was attached to the 8th Army. At the midpoint of the Battle of France on 1 June 1940, the fortress troops of the SF Jura amounted to a chasseurs pyrénéens regiment in three battalions, comprising 85 officers and 2,750 men.

  8. Arrondissements of the Jura department - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Saint-Aubin, Jura - Wikipedia

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    Saint-Aubin, Jura. /  47.0331°N 5.3311°E  / 47.0331; 5.3311. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Saint-Aubin ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃] ⓘ) is a village and commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in ...