Dept 39 Rank #12 / 96
Jura
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté · Nearest city: Lons-le-Saunier → Dijon (~45 min)
🚄 TGV
Reculées (blind valleys), waterfalls, Lac de Chalain, Revermont
Why this score · reflects your priorities
Jura combines low natural-hazard exposure, affordable property and low crime, but heavy rainfall and cold winters temper its appeal. Le Jura combine une faible exposition aux risques naturels, un immobilier abordable et une faible délinquance, mais des pluies abondantes et des hivers froids tempèrent son attrait.
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Climate
Sunshine
2,013h/yr
Trend 2015-2025: lost ~6 sun hours each year.
p53 of 96
Sunny days
160/yr
days >50% sunlit
p56 of 96
Rain days
132/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
p86 of 96
Annual rainfall
1,095mm/yr
total volume
#4 wettest of 96
Heavy rain
11/yr
≥ 20 mm/day
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Torrential
0.5/yr
≥ 50 mm/day
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Hot days >30°
21/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 fewer hot days each year.
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Winter mildness
2/10
0.1 °C avg Jan low
Trend 2015-2025: January warming 0.4 °C per year.
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Wind
2.8m/s
annual mean
Trend 2015-2025: windier by 0.06 m/s per year.
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Muggy days
5/yr
TG≥22°C & HU≥70%
Trend 2015-2025: about 1 more muggy days each year.
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Avg max temperature · °C
6
J
8
F
12
M
15
A
19
M
22
J
25
J
25
A
20
S
16
O
10
N
7
D
2050 outlook TRACC +2.7°C · vs 1976-2005
Hot days ≥35°C ~+2 days · +2 so far
Tropical nights ~+10 nights · +2 so far
Frost days ~-28 days · -11 so far
Dry-soil days ~+24 days
Landscape
Landscape score
6/10
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Max elevation
1,495m
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Forest cover
49.5%
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Characteristics
🌾 Rural
Reculées (blind valleys), waterfalls, Lac de Chalain, Revermont
Identity
Jura is the birthplace of Louis Pasteur (chimiste).
Notable figures born here
Louis Pasteur — chimisteRouget de Lisle — ingénieurJules Grévy — avocatXavier Bichat — médecinQuentin Fillon-Maillet — biathlèteJeanne II de BourgogneMevlüt Erdinç — footballeurJean-François Stévenin — réalisateurLouis Vuitton — personnalité du monde des affairesJean-Charles Pichegru — officier
Terroir & appellations
Jura lies within protected appellation areas, including Comté, Arbois Pupillin, Château-Chalon.
ComtéArbois PupillinChâteau-ChalonL'EtoileArboisBleu de Gex haut JuraMacvin du JuraBeurre de BresseCrème de BresseDinde de BresseVolaille de BresseMorbier
Distinctions
Plus Beaux Détours de France (1)
- Louis Pasteur
- Claude-Joseph Rouget-de-Lisle
- Parc du château d’Arlay et jardin des jeux
- Atelier Jardin
- Jardin de Landon
- Jardin Annabelle
Station classée de tourisme (10)
Risks
Safety score
9/10
Flood risk
Very low
% communes flood-exposed (GASPAR union)
#2 least exposed of 96
Fire risk
Low
Copernicus FWI · fire-weather index
p28 of 96
Seismic exposure
Very high
% in a seismic zone (most of France is)
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Major risks present
Share of the department's communes listing each risk category
Earthquake Very high 100% p80 of 96
Hazardous-materials transport Low 35.8% p36 of 96
Flooding Low 21.9% p24 of 96
Ground movement Very low 14.4% p19 of 96
Dam failure Very low 3.6% p28 of 96
Industrial hazard Very low 1.8% p35 of 96
Subsidence & cavities Very low 0.2% p16 of 96
Transport
Transport
9/10
2.5 h to Paris · TGV + closeness
TGV access
Yes
Direct TGV station
Highways
3
A36 · A39 · A391
Work locally
28.5%
work in own commune
Nearest hubs
🏙 Nearest city
Lons-le-Saunier → Dijon (~45 min)
✈ Airport
Dole Tavaux Airport (DLE) · ~40 km
🚄 To Paris via TGV
2.5h direct
🛣 Highways
A36, A39, A391
Services
Healthcare
6/10
APL 3.7
p55 of 96
Schools
7/10
Brevet 89%
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Fiber coverage
96%
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Intl schools
0schools
None in department
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People
Population
260,840
p20 of 96
Density
52/km²
Mixed
-36% vs median 81
32 387
Pop trend
-0.1%/yr
-0.3 pts vs median · p19
Median income
$26,300
standard of living · $/yr
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Poverty rate
11.8%
below 60% of median living standard
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Unemployment
8.6%
active population out of work
p6 of 96
Tourism
1 bed per 25 residents
p63 of 96 · 10,408 beds
Age distribution · % of population
0-14
14%
15-24
11%
25-39
12%
40-54
14%
55-69
20%
70+
29%
Office professionals
11.0%
cadres · engineers, managers, professionals
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Remote work
4.5%
télétravail · works without commuting
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Socio-professional mix · % of occupied workers
Office
Managers & professionals
11%
At-home trades
Farmers
2.4%
Artisans & shopkeepers
7.1%
On-site · services, health, teaching, manual
Intermediate professions incl. nurses, teachers
27.1%
Clerical & service staff
24.6%
Manual workers
27.8%
Real estate
Median
$1,680/m²
$700 $3,090
House $1,800 Apt $1,640
+1.3%/yr 2023–25
Median surface
—m²
Taxe foncière
47.92%
typical commune rate · TFPB
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Price distribution across communes · $/m²
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