Lons-le-Saunier

Lons-le-Saunier
Prefecture and commune
Place de la Liberté with the statue of Claude Lecourbe
Coat of arms
Location of Lons-le-Saunier
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Coordinates: 46°40′31″N 5°33′16″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Lons-le-Saunier-1 and 2
Intercommunality	Bassin de Lons-le-Saunier
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jacques Pélissard
Area 1	7.68 km2 (2.97 sq mi)
Population  (2012)	17,353
• Density	2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	39300 /39000
Elevation	243–415 m (797–1,362 ft) (avg. 255 m or 837 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lons-le-Saunier is a spa town in France. It is the prefecture of the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

Sister cities

Lons-le-Saunier is twinned with:

• Offenburg, Germany
• Ripley, United Kingdom