• Source: Arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier

The arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier is an arrondissement of France in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It has 249 communes. Its population is 104,522 (2016), and its area is 2,271.9 km2 (877.2 sq mi).




Composition


The communes of the arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier are:




History


The arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier was created in 1800. In May 2006 it gained the canton of Chaumergy from the arrondissement of Dole, and it lost the canton of Villers-Farlay to the arrondissement of Dole. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Jura, it gained four communes from the arrondissement of Saint-Claude, and it lost 67 communes to the arrondissement of Dole.
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 Lons-le-Saunier were, as of January 2015:




References

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• Lons-le-Saunier
• Arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier
• Arrondissements of the Jura department
• Jura (department)
• Saine (river)
• Arrondissements of the Yonne department
• Arrondissement of Saint-Claude
• List of arrondissements of France
• Arrondissement of Dole
• Dole, Jura