Saint-Claude, Jura

Saint-Claude
Subprefecture and commune

Coat of arms
Saint-Claude
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Saint-Claude
Coordinates: 46°23′16″N 5°51′50″E / 46.3878°N 5.8639°E / 46.3878; 5.8639Coordinates: 46°23′16″N 5°51′50″E / 46.3878°N 5.8639°E / 46.3878; 5.8639
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Jura
Arrondissement Saint-Claude
Canton Saint-Claude
Intercommunality Val de Bienne
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Jean-Louis Millet
Area1 70.19 km2 (27.10 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 10,346
 • Density 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 39478 /39200
Elevation 360–1,222 m (1,181–4,009 ft)
(avg. 441 m or 1,447 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Claude (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃klod]) is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

History

The town was originally named Saint-Oyand after Saint Eugendus. However, when St. Claudius had, in 687, resigned his Diocese of Besançon and had died, in 696, as twelfth abbot, the number of pilgrims who visited his grave was so great that, since the 13th century, the name "Saint-Claude" came more and more into use and has today superseded the other.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17933,657—    
18063,525−3.6%
18214,463+26.6%
18315,222+17.0%
18415,270+0.9%
18515,897+11.9%
18616,316+7.1%
18727,083+12.1%
18818,216+16.0%
18919,782+19.1%
190110,449+6.8%
191112,022+15.1%
192112,631+5.1%
193113,436+6.4%
194610,749−20.0%
195411,301+5.1%
196212,114+7.2%
196812,486+3.1%
197513,511+8.2%
198212,715−5.9%
199012,704−0.1%
199912,303−3.2%
200611,950−2.9%
201310,346−13.4%

Transport

Saint Claude is served by a railway station.

Sport

Saint Claude has a rugby club. The 2017 Tour de France passed through Saint Claude.

Sights

Saint-Claude Cathedral, former seat of the Bishops of Saint-Claude, is located here.

Personalities

See also

References

  1. ↑  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Eugendus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • Wikisource "St Claude". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.


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