Lons-le-Saunier

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Commune of Lons-le-Saunier
Location
Longitude 05° 33' 16" E
Latitude 46° 40' 31" N
Administration
Country France
Région Franche Comté
Département Jura (préfecture)
Arrondissement Lons-le-Saunier
Canton Chief town of 2 cantons
Intercommunality Communauté de Communes du Bassin de Lons-le-Saunier
Mayor Jacques Pélissard
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 243 m–415 m
(avg. 255 m)
Land area¹ 7.68 km²
Population²
(1999)
18,483
 - Density (1999) 2,407/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 39300/ 39000
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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Lons-le-Saunier is a commune of France, préfecture (capital) of the Jura département.

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