Jura may refer to:

Places

Jura, Scotland Jura ( ; gd, Diùra; sco, Jura) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and northeast of Islay. With an area of , and 196 inhabitants recorded in the 2011 census, Jura is more sparsely populated than Islay, and is one of ...

, island of the Inner Hebrides off Great Britain *

Jūra The Jūra is a river in Lithuania and a right tributary of the Nemunas (Neman). It mostly follows a meandering and natural course, although two concrete dams of hydroelectric power plants prevent paddling, as do dense vegetation in its upper reac ...

, river in Lithuania

Mountain ranges

Jura Mountains The Jura Mountains ( , , , ; french: Massif du Jura; german: Juragebirge; it, Massiccio del Giura, rm, Montagnas da Jura) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the Frenc ...

, on the French–Swiss–German border *

Franconian Jura The Franconian Jura ( , , or ) is an upland in Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Located between two rivers, the Danube in the south and the Main in the north, its peaks reach elevations of up to and it has an area of some 7053.8 km2. Emil Meyne ...

, south-central Germany *

Swabian Jura The Swabian Jura (german: Schwäbische Alb , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of ...

, south-western Germany *

Montes Jura Montes Jura is a mountain range in the northwest part of the near side of the Moon. The selenographic coordinates of this range are 47.1° N 34.0° W. It has a diameter of 422 km, with mountains rising to approximately 3800m above the level o ...

, on the Moon near Mare Imbrium

Regions

Jura (department) Jura ( , ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the Jura Mountains, its prefecture is Lons-le-Saunier. Its subprefectures are Dole and Saint-Claude. In 2019, Jura had a population of 259,199 ...

, France *

Canton of Jura The Republic and Canton of Jura (french: République et canton du Jura), less formally the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura ( , ), is the newest (founded in 1979) of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland. The capita ...

, Switzerland *

Bernese Jura Bernese Jura (french: Jura bernois, ) is the name for the French-speaking area of the Swiss canton of Bern, and from 2010 one of ten administrative divisions of the canton. Comprising the three French-speaking districts in the northern part of the ...

, part of the Swiss canton of Bern *

Polish Jura Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

, an upland of southern Poland

Villages

* Jura, Ontario, Canada *

Jura, Transnistria Jura (; , ''Zhura'', pl, Żura) is a village in the Rîbnița District of Transnistria, Moldova.Al-Jura Al-Jura ( ar, الجورة) was a Palestinian people, Palestinian village that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, located approximately two kilometers west of Al-Majdal, Askalan, Majdal (both within the boundaries of present-day Ash ...

, Mandatory Palestine *

Al-Jura, Jerusalem Al-Jura (el Jurah) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 11, 1948, under Operation Danny. It was located 8.5 km west of Jerusalem. al-Jura was mostly destr ...

, Mandatory Palestine

Companies and organisations

Jura Books Jura Books is an anarchist bookshop and infoshop located in Sydney, Australia. The shop was named after the Jura federation, the federation of workers of the Jura region that associated with Bakunin in the First International. It has operated s ...

, anarchist bookshop in Sydney, Australia *

Jura distillery Jura distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on the island of Jura in the Inner Hebrides off the West Coast of Scotland. The distillery is owned by Glasgow founded and based Whyte and Mackay, which in turn is owned by Philippines-based Emp ...

, Scotch whisky distillery on the island of Jura *

Jura Elektroapparate Jura Elektroapparate AG is a Swiss developer and distributor of home appliances, mainly espresso machines, headquartered in Niederbuchsiten, Canton of Solothurn. The company was founded in 1931 by Leo Henzirohs. Formerly, Jura ran its own facto ...

, Swiss developer and distributor of home appliances *

Jura Federation The Jura Federation represented the anarchist, Bakuninist faction of the First International during the anti-statist split from the organization. Jura, a Swiss area, was known for its watchmaker artisans in La Chaux-de-Fonds, who shared anti- ...

, the anarchist, Bakuninist faction of the 19th century First International

Ships

* ''Jura'' (ship, 1854), steamship on Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and Lake Constance * ''Jura'' (ship, 2006), vessel of the

Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency The Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) was an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government. On 1 April 2009, the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency and Fisheries Research Services were merged with the Scottish Government Marine Direc ...

Other uses

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...

, a geological period * Jura, or iura, plural of jus (or ''ius''), in Roman law *

Jura (given name) Jura may refer to: * Jura Levy (born 1990), Jamaican sprinter * Jura Pađen (born 1955), Croatian singer and guitarist * Jura Soyfer (1912–1939), Austrian political journalist and cabaret writer * Jura Stublić (born 1953), Croatian singer-so ...

, Slavic masculine name *

Jura wine Jura may refer to: Places *Jura, Scotland, island of the Inner Hebrides off Great Britain *Jūra, river in Lithuania Mountain ranges * Jura Mountains, on the French–Swiss–German border *Franconian Jura, south-central Germany * Swabian Jura, ...

, a French wine region