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.

## History

When the _arrondissements_ of Jura were created in 1800, Saint-Claude was one of them in the Jura department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Saint-Claude is in the southwest of the Jura _département_; it is the smaller _arrondissement_ with an area of . It has a population of 50,909 inhabitants, the _arrondissement_ with fewest people living in it, and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

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._

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, 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 <small>(3909)</small> (partly)
1. Morez <small>(3911)</small>
1. Saint-Claude <small>(3914)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux <small>(3915)</small> (partly)
1. Saint-Lupicin <small>(3916)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Saint-Claude has 60 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Avignon-lès-Saint-Claude <small>(39032)</small>
1. Bellecombe <small>(39046)</small>
1. Bellefontaine <small>(39047)</small>
1. Bois-d'Amont <small>(39059)</small>
1. Les Bouchoux <small>(39068)</small>
1. Chancia <small>(39102)</small>
1. Charchilla <small>(39106)</small>
1. Chassal <small>(39113)</small>
1. Château-des-Prés <small>(39115)</small>
1. Châtel-de-Joux <small>(39118)</small>
1. La Chaumusse <small>(39126)</small>
1. Nanchez <small>(39130)</small>
1. La Chaux-du-Dombief <small>(39131)</small>
1. Choux <small>(39151)</small>
1. Coiserette <small>(39157)</small>
1. Coyrière <small>(39174)</small>
1. Coyron <small>(39175)</small>
1. Crenans <small>(39179)</small>
1. Les Crozets <small>(39184)</small>
1. Étival <small>(39216)</small>
1. Fort-du-Plasne <small>(39232)</small>
1. Grande-Rivière <small>(39258)</small>
1. Jeurre <small>(39269)</small>
1. Lac-des-Rouges-Truites <small>(39271)</small>
1. Lajoux <small>(39274)</small>
1. Lamoura <small>(39275)</small>
1. Larrivoire <small>(39280)</small>
1. Lavancia-Épercy <small>(39283)</small>
1. Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude <small>(39286)</small>
1. Lect <small>(39289)</small>
1. Leschères <small>(39293)</small>
1. Longchaumois <small>(39297)</small>
1. Maisod <small>(39307)</small>
1. Martigna <small>(39318)</small>
1. Meussia <small>(39328)</small>
1. Moirans-en-Montagne <small>(39333)</small>
1. Molinges <small>(39339)</small>
1. Montcusel <small>(39351)</small>
1. Morbier <small>(39367)</small>
1. Hauts de Bienne <small>(39368)</small>
1. Les Moussières <small>(39373)</small>
1. La Pesse <small>(39413)</small>
1. Les Piards <small>(39417)</small>
1. Pratz <small>(39440)</small>
1. Prémanon <small>(39441)</small>
1. Ravilloles <small>(39453)</small>
1. La Rixouse <small>(39460)</small>
1. Rogna <small>(39463)</small>
1. Les Rousses <small>(39470)</small>
1. Saint-Claude <small>(39478)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux <small>(39487)</small>
1. Coteaux du Lizon <small>(39491)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre <small>(39494)</small>
1. Septmoncel Les Molunes <small>(39510)</small>
1. Vaux-lès-Saint-Claude <small>(39547)</small>
1. Villard-Saint-Sauveur <small>(39560)</small>
1. Villards-d'Héria <small>(39561)</small>
1. Villard-sur-Bienne <small>(39562)</small>
1. Viry <small>(39579)</small>
1. Vulvoz <small>(39585)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! 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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Saint-Claude
- **insee**: 393
- **nbcomm**: 55
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Saint-Claude, Jura, Saint-Claude
- **pop**: 49749
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 957.8
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Saint-Claude 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté