Clairvaux-les-Lacs () is a
commune in the
Jura department
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Government and military
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in
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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in eastern
France
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INSEE commune file
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Population
World Heritage Site
It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps are a series of prehistoric pile dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from about 5000 to 500 BC on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. In 2011, 111 sites located various ...
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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.[UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps]
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See also
* Communes of the Jura department
References
Communes of Jura (department)
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