Arrondissement of Saint-Claude

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.

Saint-Claude
Arrondissement
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentJura
No. of communes55
SubprefectureSaint-Claude
Area
957.8 km2 (369.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
49,749
INSEE code393

History

When the arrondissements of Jura were created in 1800, Saint-Claude was one of them in the Jura department.[1]

Geography

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.

Composition

Cantons

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:

  1. Moirans-en-Montagne (3909) (partly)
  2. Morez (3911)
  3. Saint-Claude (3914)
  4. Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux (3915) (partly)
  5. Saint-Lupicin (3916)

Communes

The arrondissement of Saint-Claude has 60 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[5]

  1. Avignon-lès-Saint-Claude (39032)
  2. Bellecombe (39046)
  3. Bellefontaine (39047)
  4. Bois-d'Amont (39059)
  5. Les Bouchoux (39068)
  6. Chancia (39102)
  7. Charchilla (39106)
  8. Chassal (39113)
  9. Château-des-Prés (39115)
  10. Châtel-de-Joux (39118)
  11. La Chaumusse (39126)
  12. Nanchez (39130)
  13. La Chaux-du-Dombief (39131)
  14. Choux (39151)
  15. Coiserette (39157)
  16. Coyrière (39174)
  17. Coyron (39175)
  18. Crenans (39179)
  19. Les Crozets (39184)
  20. Étival (39216)
  21. Fort-du-Plasne (39232)
  22. Grande-Rivière (39258)
  23. Jeurre (39269)
  24. Lac-des-Rouges-Truites (39271)
  25. Lajoux (39274)
  26. Lamoura (39275)
  27. Larrivoire (39280)
  28. Lavancia-Épercy (39283)
  29. Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude (39286)
  30. Lect (39289)
  31. Leschères (39293)
  32. Longchaumois (39297)
  33. Maisod (39307)
  34. Martigna (39318)
  35. Meussia (39328)
  36. Moirans-en-Montagne (39333)
  37. Molinges (39339)
  38. Montcusel (39351)
  39. Morbier (39367)
  40. Hauts de Bienne (39368)
  41. Les Moussières (39373)
  42. La Pesse (39413)
  43. Les Piards (39417)
  44. Pratz (39440)
  45. Prémanon (39441)
  46. Ravilloles (39453)
  47. La Rixouse (39460)
  48. Rogna (39463)
  49. Les Rousses (39470)
  50. Saint-Claude (39478)
  51. Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux (39487)
  52. Coteaux du Lizon (39491)
  53. Saint-Pierre (39494)
  54. Septmoncel Les Molunes (39510)
  55. Vaux-lès-Saint-Claude (39547)
  56. Villard-Saint-Sauveur (39560)
  57. Villards-d'Héria (39561)
  58. Villard-sur-Bienne (39562)
  59. Viry (39579)
  60. Vulvoz (39585)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[3]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
39478Saint-Claude10,096Saint-ClaudeHaut-Jura Saint-Claude
39368Hauts de Bienne5,457MorezHaut-Jura (Arcade)
39470Les Rousses3,276MorezLa Station des Rousses-Haut Jura
39367Morbier2,302MorezHaut-Jura (Arcade)
39333Moirans-en-Montagne2,158Moirans-en-MontagneJura Sud
39491Coteaux du Lizon2,074Saint-Claude and Saint-LupicinHaut-Jura Saint-Claude
39286Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude1,986Saint-LupicinHaut-Jura Saint-Claude
39487Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux1,845Saint-Laurent-en-GrandvauxLa Grandvallière
39059Bois-d'Amont1,672MorezLa Station des Rousses-Haut Jura
39297Longchaumois1,184MorezHaut-Jura (Arcade)
39441Prémanon1,158MorezLa Station des Rousses-Haut Jura

References
  1. "Historique du Jura". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. "Arrondissement de Saint-Claude (393)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. "Décret n° 2014-165 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Jura" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. "Arrondissement de Saint-Claude (393)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

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