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Saint-Claude is a commune in France, situated within the Jura department and the arrondissement of Saint-Claude. It serves as the capital of both the arrondissement and the canton of Saint-Claude. The town’s official name is Saint-Claude, Condat-Montagne, and it is located in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Saint-Claude shares borders with La Rixouse, Septmoncel, Leschères, and Avignon-lès-Saint-Claude.
The commune has an area of 70.19 square kilometers and a population of 13,511, comprising 4,457 males and 4,822 females. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 1,222 meters, while other sources list elevations of 442 and 443 meters. The postal code for the area is 39200, and it is twinned with Rottenburg am Neckar.
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Place details
- Locality
- Saint-Claude
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 12,418
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Department
- Jura
- Arrondissement
- Saint-Claude
- Canton
- Saint-Claude
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Jean-Louis Millet
- Area
- 70.19 km (27.10 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 8,386
- Density
- 119.5/km (309.4/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 39478 /39200
- Elevation
- 360–1,222 m (1,181–4,009 ft) , (avg. 441 m or 1,447 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
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The Ligne des Hirondelles is one of the most scenic railway lines in France and runs from the town of Dole to Saint-Claude. The stretch from Morbier to Saint-Claude via Morez in particular is very beautiful with its series of viaducts traversing deep mountain valleys. Guided tours from Dole are available around twice a week during summer (https://www.doletourisme.fr/medias/ligne-des-hirondelles/CdP-La-Ligne-des-Hirondelles-reprend-du-service-au-depart-de-plusieurs-villes---ete-2021vuAline22juinOKpourdiffusion.pdf), although regular tickets can also be purchased as normal from the OUIGO website. For the sake of convenience, it is also possible to access the Ligne des Hirondelles from Besançon by changing at Andelot station, the stretch from Dole to Andelot is nice but not unmissable.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Saint-Claude ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ klod] ) is a commune and a sous-préfecture of the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It lies on the river Bienne.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint-Claude” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.