Lons-le-Saunier | |
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Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Jura |
No. of communes | 249 |
Prefecture | Lons-le-Saunier |
Area | 2,271.9 km2 (877.2 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | 104,522 |
INSEE code | 392 |
The arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Jura département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Lons-le-Saunier.
When the arrondissements of Jura were created in 1800, Lons-le-Saunier was one of them in the Jura department.[1]
The arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier is the largest arrondissement of the department, with an area of 2,825.4 km2 (1,091 sq mi).[2] It has a population of 126,071 inhabitants, the arrondissement with more inhabitants, and a population density of 44.6 inhabitants/km².[3]
The arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier is bordered to the north by the arrondissement Dole, to the east by the Doubs department, to the southeast by the arrondissement Saint-Claude, to the southwest by the Ain department and to the west by the Saône-et-Loire department.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier, there are nine cantons and seven of them have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:
The arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier has 258 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[5]
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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39300 | Lons-le-Saunier | 17,311 | Lons-le-Saunier-1 and Lons-le-Saunier-2 | Espace Communautaire Lons Agglomération |
39097 | Champagnole | 7,908 | Champagnole | Champagnole Nozeroy Jura |
39362 | Montmorot | 3,019 | Lons-le-Saunier-1 | Espace Communautaire Lons Agglomération |
39475 | Saint-Amour | 2,349 | Saint-Amour | Porte du Jura |
3997 | Orgelet | 1,561 | Moirans-en-Montagne | Région d'Orgelet |
39411 | Perrigny | 1,529 | Poligny | Espace Communautaire Lons Agglomération |
39154 | Clairvaux-les-Lacs | 1,439 | Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux | Le Pays des Lacs |
39056 | Bletterans | 1,430 | Bletterans | Bresse Haute Seille |