Saint-Claude, Jura
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Commune of Saint-Claude |
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Jura | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Claude | |
| Canton | Saint-Claude (chief town) | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de Communes de Val de Bienne | |
| Mayor | Jean-Louis Millet (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 360 m–1,222 m (avg. 441 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 70.19 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
12,303 | |
| - Density | 175/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 39478/ 39200 | |
| 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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Saint-Claude is a town and commune in the Jura département, in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
The town was originally named Saint-Oyand after Saint Eugendus. However, when St. Claudius had, in 687, resigned his Diocese of Besançon and had died, in 696, as twelfth abbot, the number of pilgrims who visited his grave was so great that, since the thirteenth century, the name "Saint-Claude" came more and more into use and has to-day superseded the other.[1]
Saint-Claude Cathedral, former seat of the Bishops of Saint-Claude, is located here.
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[edit] Demographics
As of the census of 1999, the population was 12,303.
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Saint-Claude
- INSEE (English)
- IGN (English)
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