Lure, Haute-Saône
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Commune of Lure |
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons Lure-Nord Lure-Sud |
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| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du pays de Lure | |
| Mayor | Michel Federspiel (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 284 m–353 m (avg. 293 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 24,.31 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
8,727 | |
| - Density | 358/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 70310/ 70200 | |
| 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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Lure is a commune of the Haute-Saône département, in France. The Abbey of Lure was situated here. In the seventh century, Clothaire II recognised the virtues of Saint Deicolus and considerably enriched the Abbey of Lure, also granting Deicolus the manor, woods, fisheries, etc. of the town which had grown around the monastery.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census of 1999, the population was 8,727.
The estimation for 2005 was 8,337.
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