The Canton of Saint-Claude is a

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, situated in the Jura

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and in the

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Composition

Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the

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of the canton of Saint-Claude are:Décret n° 2014-165 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Jura
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Avignon-lès-Saint-Claude Avignon-lès-Saint-Claude (, literally ''Avignon Lès, near Saint-Claude'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Jura (department), Jura Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern ...

Leschères Leschères () is a Communes of France, commune in the Jura (department), Jura Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population Demonym The inhabitants of the village are surprisingly known as ''Quill ...

Nanchez Nanchez () is a commune in the Jura department of eastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by the merger of the former communes of Chaux-des-Prés and Prénovel. On 1 January 2019, the former communes Les Piards and ...

* Ravilloles * La Rixouse * Saint-Claude (

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)

References

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