Jura (depairtment)
French depairtment
Jura (French pronunciation: [ʒyʁa]) is a department in the east o Fraunce named efter the Jura moontains.
Jura | |
|---|---|
 Coat airms | |
 Location o Jura in Fraunce | |
| Coordinates: 46°40′31″N 5°33′16″E / 46.67528°N 5.55444°ECoordinates: 46°40′31″N 5°33′16″E / 46.67528°N 5.55444°E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Franche-Comté |
| Prefectur | Lons-le-Saunier |
| Subprefecturs | Dole Saint-Claude |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses o the General Cooncil | Gérard Bailly |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4999 km2 (1,930 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1200 m (3,900 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 250,857 |
| • Rank | 79t |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department nummer | 39 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 17 |
| Communes | 545 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 | |