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.

Composition
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:

 Moirans-en-Montagne (3909) (partly)
 Morez (3911)
 Saint-Claude (3914)
 Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux (3915) (partly)
 Saint-Lupicin (3916)

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

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

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(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

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