Lacs de Clairvaux are two
lake
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s at
Clairvaux-les-Lacs
Clairvaux-les-Lacs () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Population
World Heritage Site
It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the ...
in the
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. of
France
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. The ''Grand Lac'' has a surface area of 56.5 ha, the ''Petit Lac'' of 17 ha.
Clairvaux
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