Lons-le-Saunier
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Commune of Lons-le-Saunier |
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| Administration | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Franche Comté | |
| Department | Jura (préfecture) | |
| Arrondissement | Lons-le-Saunier | |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons Lons-le-Saunier-Nord, Lons-le-Saunier-Sud |
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| Intercommunality | Bassin de Lons-le-Saunier | |
| Mayor | Jacques Pélissard (2001–08) |
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| Statistics | ||
| Elevation | 243 m–415 m (avg. 255 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 7.68 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
18,483 | |
| - Density | 2,407/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 39300/ 39000 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Lons-le-Saunier is a commune of France, préfecture (capital) of the Jura département.
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[edit] Demographics
As of the census of 1999, the population was 18,483.
The estimation for 2005 was 17,900.
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] Births
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836), composer of La Marseillaise, the French national anthem
- Étienne Bobillier (1798–1840), mathematician
- Maurice Joly (1829–78), satirist and lawyer
- René Rémond (born 1918), historian and political economist
- Guy Canivet (born 1943), judge
[edit] Twin towns
Lons-le-Saunier is twinned with:
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
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