Lure, Haute-Saône
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Lure | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
Coordinates: 47°41′01″N 6°29′51″E / 47.6836°N 6.4975°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Haute-Saône |
Arrondissement | Lure |
Canton | Lure-1 and 2 |
Intercommunality | Pays de Lure |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Éric Houlley[1] |
Area 1 | 24.31 km2 (9.39 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 7,918 |
• Density | 330/km2 (840/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 70310 /70200 |
Elevation | 284–353 m (932–1,158 ft) (avg. 293 m or 961 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Lure (French pronunciation: [lyʁ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
At 8,207 inhabitants (2017), Lure is the third most populous town in the
Gray.[3]
The
Saint Deicolus
and considerably enriched the Abbey of Lure, also granting Deicolus the manor, woods, fisheries, etc. of the town which had grown around the monastery.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 7,415 | — |
1975 | 8,639 | +2.21% |
1982 | 9,130 | +0.79% |
1990 | 8,843 | −0.40% |
1999 | 8,727 | −0.15% |
2007 | 8,263 | −0.68% |
2012 | 8,423 | +0.38% |
2017 | 8,207 | −0.52% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Famous people
- Thibaut Pinot (professional cyclist)
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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