Canton of Jura
The Republic and Canton of Jura, less formally the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura, is the newest of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: State with 73,700 residents
- Description: canton of Switzerland
- Also known as: “Canton and Republic of Jura”, “Canton du Jura”, “Canton Jura”, “CH025”, “JU”, “Jura”, “Republic and Canton of the Jura”, “Republic of Jura”, and “République du Jura”
- Neighbors: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Franche-Comté, and Grand Est
Places of Interest
Highlights include Col de la Croix and St-Ursanne railway station.
Col de la Croix
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Col de la Croix is a pass in the Jura range connecting Saint-Ursanne and Courgenay, both in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
St-Ursanne railway station
Railway station
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St-Ursanne railway station is a railway station in the former municipality of Saint-Ursanne, now part of Clos du Doubs, in the Swiss canton of Jura. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Delémont–Delle line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Ursanne and Boécourt.
Saint-Ursanne
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Ursanne is a small village located on the Doubs river in Canton Jura, Switzerland. Saint-Ursanne is noted as a highly picturesque old town located in a peaceful rural area.
Boécourt
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boécourt is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Glovelier
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glovelier is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Bassecourt, Courfaivre, Glovelier, Soulce and Undervelier merged to form the new municipality of Haute-Sorne.
Canton of Jura
- Categories: canton of Switzerland, federated state, and locality
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.3567° or 47° 21′ 24″ northLongitude
7.1599° or 7° 9′ 36″ eastPopulation
73,700Elevation
717 metres (2,352 feet)Abbreviation
“JU”Open location code
8FV99545+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 760018464OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Canton of Jura” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “JU”
- Afrikaans: “Kanton Jura”
- Albanian: “Kantoni Jura”
- Arabic: “جورا”
- Arabic: “كانتون جورا”
- Aragonese: “Cantón de Jura”
- Aragonese: “JU”
- Aragonese: “Jura”
- Armenian: “Յուրա”
- Arpitan: “JU”
- Arpitan: “Jura”
- Arpitan: “Quenton du Jura”
- Asturian: “Cantón del Jura”
- Asturian: “JU”
- Balinese: “Kanton Jura”
- Basque: “JU”
- Basque: “Jura kantonamendua”
- Basque: “Jura”
- Bavarian: “JU”
- Belarusian: “Кантон Юра”
- Belarusian: “Юра”
- Bengali: “জুরা”
- Bosnian: “Jura”
- Bosnian: “Kanton Jura”
- Breton: “JU”
- Breton: “Jura”
- Breton: “Kanton Jura”
- Bulgarian: “Кантон Юра”
- Bulgarian: “Юра”
- Catalan: “Cantó del Jura”
- Catalan: “JU”
- Catalan: “Jura”
- Cebuano: “Jura”
- Cebuano: “Kanton Jura”
- Chinese: “Jura Chiu”
- Chinese: “汝拉州”
- Chinese: “茹拉州”
- Chuvash: “Юра”
- Corsican: “Cantone Ghjura”
- Corsican: “Ghjura”
- Corsican: “JU”
- Croatian: “JU”
- Croatian: “Jura”
- Croatian: “Kanton Jura”
- Czech: “JU”
- Czech: “Jura”
- Czech: “Kanton Jura”
- Danish: “JU”
- Danish: “Jura”
- Danish: “Kanton Jura”
- Dutch: “JU”
- Dutch: “Jura”
- Dutch: “Kanton Jura”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كانتون چورا”
- Esperanto: “JU”
- Esperanto: “Ĵuraso”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Ĵuraso”
- Estonian: “JU”
- Estonian: “Jura kanton”
- Estonian: “Jura”
- Finnish: “JU”
- Finnish: “Jura”
- Finnish: “Kantoni Jura”
- French: “canton du Jura”
- French: “Canton du Jura”
- French: “Canton et République du Jura”
- French: “JU”
- French: “Jura”
- French: “République du Jura”
- French: “République et Canton du Jura”
- Friulian: “JU”
- Galician: “Cantón de Xura”
- Galician: “JU”
- Galician: “Jura”
- Galician: “Xura”
- Georgian: “იურის კანტონი”
- German: “CH-JU”
- German: “JU”
- German: “Jura”
- German: “Kanton Jura”
- German: “Kanton und Republik Jura”
- German: “Republik Jura”
- German: “Republik und Kanton Jura”
- Greek: “Ιούρα”
- Greek: “Καντόνι του Ιούρα”
- Gujarati: “જુરા”
- Hebrew: “ז’ורה”
- Hindi: “ज़ुरा”
- Hindi: “जूरा कैन्टन”
- Hungarian: “JU”
- Hungarian: “Jura kanton”
- Hungarian: “Jura”
- Icelandic: “JU”
- Icelandic: “Jura”
- Icelandic: “Júra”
- Icelandic: “Kantón Júra”
- Ido: “JU”
- Iloko: “Jura”
- Iloko: “Kanton ti Jura”
- Indonesian: “JU”
- Indonesian: “Jura”
- Indonesian: “Kanton Jura”
- Interlingua: “Canton de Jura”
- Interlingua: “Canton e Republica de Jura”
- Interlingua: “JU”
- Interlingua: “Jura”
- Interlingue: “Canton de Jura”
- Interlingue: “JU”
- Interlingue: “Jura”
- Irish: “cantún Jura”
- Irish: “JU”
- Italian: “Canton Giura”
- Italian: “Giura”
- Italian: “JU”
- Italian: “Repubblica e Canton Giura”
- Japanese: “ジュラ州”
- Japanese: “ジュラ県”
- Javanese: “Jura”
- Javanese: “Kanton Jura”
- Kannada: “ಜೂರಾ”
- Kazakh: “Кантон Юра”
- Kazakh: “Юра”
- Kongo: “JU”
- Korean: “쥐라 주”
- Korean: “쥐라”
- Korean: “쥐라주”
- Kurdish: “Jura (kanton)”
- Kurdish: “Jura”
- Ladin: “Cianton de Jura”
- Latin: “Iura”
- Latin: “Pagus Iura”
- Latvian: “Jura”
- Latvian: “Juras kantons”
- Ligurian: “JU”
- Limburgan: “JU”
- Limburgan: “Jura”
- Limburgan: “Kanton Jura”
- Lithuanian: “Jura”
- Lithuanian: “Juros kantonas”
- Lombard: “Canton Giura”
- Lombard: “Canton Giüra”
- Lombard: “Giura”
- Low German: “JU”
- Luxembourgish: “JU”
- Luxembourgish: “Jura”
- Luxembourgish: “Kanton Jura”
- Macedonian: “Јура”
- Macedonian: “Кантон Јура”
- Malagasy: “JU”
- Malay: “JU”
- Malay: “Jura”
- Malay: “Wilayah Jura”
- Marathi: “युरा”
- Mazanderani: “جورا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Jura Chiu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Jura”
- Minangkabau: “JU”
- Narom: “JU”
- Neapolitan: “JU”
- Northern Frisian: “Jura”
- Northern Sami: “Jura”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “JU”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jura”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kanton Jura”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “JU”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jura”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kantonen Jura”
- Norwegian: “Jura”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Jura”
- Occitan (post 1500): “JU”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Jura”
- Ossetian: “Юра (кантон)”
- Ossetian: “Юра”
- Persian: “ژورا”
- Persian: “کانتون ژورا”
- Picard: “JU”
- Piemontese: “JU”
- Polish: “JU”
- Polish: “Jura”
- Portuguese: “Cantão do Jura”
- Portuguese: “JU”
- Portuguese: “Jura”
- Pushto: “جورا”
- Romanian: “Cantonul Jura”
- Romanian: “JU”
- Romanian: “Jura”
- Romansh: “Chantun Giura”
- Romansh: “Giura”
- Romansh: “JU”
- Romansh: “Republica ed Chantun Giura”
- Russian: “Кантон Юра”
- Russian: “Юра”
- Sardinian: “JU”
- Scots: “Canton o Jura”
- Scots: “JU”
- Scots: “Jura”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Canton Jura”
- Scottish Gaelic: “JU”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Jura”
- Serbian: “JU”
- Serbian: “Јура”
- Serbian: “Кантон Јура”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jura”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kanton Jura”
- Sicilian: “Canton Giura”
- Sicilian: “Giura”
- Sicilian: “JU”
- Sinhala: “ජුරා”
- Slovak: “JU”
- Slovak: “Jura”
- Slovak: “Kantón Jura”
- Slovenian: “JU”
- Slovenian: “Kanton Jura”
- South Azerbaijani: “ژورا”
- Spanish: “Cantón del Jura”
- Spanish: “JU”
- Spanish: “Jura”
- Swahili: “Jimbo la Jura”
- Swahili: “JU”
- Swahili: “Jura”
- Swedish: “JU”
- Swedish: “Jura”
- Swedish: “Kanton Jura”
- Swiss German: “JU”
- Swiss German: “Jura”
- Swiss German: “Kanton Jura”
- Tamil: “ஜூரா”
- Telugu: “జూరా”
- Thai: “รัฐฌูรา”
- Thai: “รัฐฌูว์รา”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Jura”
- Turkish: “canton du Jura”
- Turkish: “Giura”
- Turkish: “Iura”
- Turkish: “JU”
- Turkish: “Jura kantonu”
- Turkish: “Jura”
- Ukrainian: “Юра”
- Urdu: “کینٹن جورا”
- Venetian: “Canton Jura”
- Venetian: “JU”
- Vietnamese: “JU”
- Vietnamese: “Jura”
- Vlaams: “JU”
- Vlaams: “Jura (kantong)”
- Vlaams: “Jura”
- Volapük: “JU”
- Walloon: “JU”
- Waray (Philippines): “Jura”
- Welsh: “Canton Jura”
- Welsh: “JU”
- Welsh: “Jura”
- Western Panjabi: “جورا”
- Wolof: “JU”
- Wu Chinese: “汝拉州”
- Yue Chinese: “茹拉州”
- Zulu: “JU”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as En Chavatte and Pâturage des Esserts.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle Sainte-Anne and Moulin des Lavoirs.
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