Saint-Claude | |
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Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Jura |
No. of communes | 55 |
Subprefecture | Saint-Claude |
Area | 957.8 km2 (369.8 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | 49,749 |
INSEE code | 393 |
The arrondissement of Saint-Claude is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Jura département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Claude.
When the arrondissements of Jura were created in 1800, Saint-Claude was one of them in the Jura department.[1]
The arrondissement of Saint-Claude is in the southwest of the Jura département; it is the smaller arrondissement with an area of 1,002.6 km2 (387 sq mi).[2] It has a population of 50,909 inhabitants, the arrondissement with fewest people living in it, and a population density of 50.8 inhabitants/km².[3]
The arrondissement of Saint-Claude is bordered to the north and west by the arrondissement Lons-le-Saunier, to the east by Switzerland and to the south by the Ain département.
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 Saint-Claude, there are five cantons and three of them have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:
The arrondissement of Saint-Claude has 60 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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39478 | Saint-Claude | 10,096 | Saint-Claude | Haut-Jura Saint-Claude |
39368 | Hauts de Bienne | 5,457 | Morez | Haut-Jura (Arcade) |
39470 | Les Rousses | 3,276 | Morez | La Station des Rousses-Haut Jura |
39367 | Morbier | 2,302 | Morez | Haut-Jura (Arcade) |
39333 | Moirans-en-Montagne | 2,158 | Moirans-en-Montagne | Jura Sud |
39491 | Coteaux du Lizon | 2,074 | Saint-Claude and Saint-Lupicin | Haut-Jura Saint-Claude |
39286 | Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude | 1,986 | Saint-Lupicin | Haut-Jura Saint-Claude |
39487 | Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux | 1,845 | Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux | La Grandvallière |
39059 | Bois-d'Amont | 1,672 | Morez | La Station des Rousses-Haut Jura |
39297 | Longchaumois | 1,184 | Morez | Haut-Jura (Arcade) |
39441 | Prémanon | 1,158 | Morez | La Station des Rousses-Haut Jura |