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Code: 39
Region: Franche-Comté
Traditional provinces:
Franche-Comté
Bordering departments: Ain,
Côte-d'Or,
Doubs,
Haute-Saône,
Saône-et-Loire
Bordering country: Switzerland (canton
of Vaud)
Area: 4,999 km2
Population (1995): 229,900 inhabitants
Préfecture: Lons-le-Saunier
Sous-préfectures: Dôle, Saint-Claude
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 34 cantons, 544 communes.
The department is named after the mountains of Jura.