Arrondissement of Saint-Claude


The arrondissement of Saint-Claude is an arrondissement of France in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It has 55 communes. Its population is 49,749, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Saint-Claude, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Avignon-lès-Saint-Claude
  2. Bellecombe
  3. Bellefontaine
  4. Bois-d'Amont
  5. Les Bouchoux
  6. Chancia
  7. Charchilla
  8. Chassal-Molinges
  9. Châtel-de-Joux
  10. La Chaumusse
  11. La Chaux-du-Dombief
  12. Choux
  13. Coiserette
  14. Coteaux du Lizon
  15. Coyrière
  16. Coyron
  17. Crenans
  18. Les Crozets
  19. Étival
  20. Fort-du-Plasne
  21. Grande-Rivière Château
  22. Hauts-de-Bienne
  23. Jeurre
  24. Lac-des-Rouges-Truites
  25. Lajoux
  26. Lamoura
  27. Larrivoire
  28. Lavancia-Épercy
  29. Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude
  30. Lect
  31. Leschères
  32. Longchaumois
  33. Maisod
  34. Martigna
  35. Meussia
  36. Moirans-en-Montagne
  37. Montcusel
  38. Morbier
  39. Les Moussières
  40. Nanchez
  41. La Pesse
  42. Prémanon
  43. Ravilloles
  44. La Rixouse
  45. Rogna
  46. Les Rousses
  47. Saint-Claude
  48. Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux
  49. Saint-Pierre
  50. Septmoncel Les Molunes
  51. Vaux-lès-Saint-Claude
  52. Villard-Saint-Sauveur
  53. Villards-d'HĂ©ria
  54. Viry
  55. Vulvoz

    History

The arrondissement of Saint-Claude was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Jura, it lost four communes to the arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Saint-Claude were, as of January 2015:
  1. Les Bouchoux
  2. Moirans-en-Montagne
  3. Morez
  4. Saint-Claude
  5. Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux