Arrondissement of Saint-Claude

Saint-Claude
Arrondissement
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
No. of communes	55
Subprefecture	Saint-Claude
Area	957.8 km^2 (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.

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	Commune	Population[3] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
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

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Jura department
• Communes of the Jura department

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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