near
NEAR or Near may refer to:
People
* Thomas J. Near, US evolutionary ichthyologist
* Near, a developer who created the higan emulator
Science, mathematics, technology, biology, and medicine
* National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR), a form ...
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
in eastern
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of
Ponthoux
Ponthoux () is a former commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.Pratz was merged into Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude.Arrêté préfectoral 16 October 2018, p. 56
Population
Sport
Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude is the home of
Championnat de France Amateurs
The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue 2 ...
club,
Jura Sud Lavans
Jura Sud Foot is a football club based in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude, France. They play at the Stade Municipal de Moirans in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude. The club was founded in 1991. Currently they play in Championnat National 2 (fourth tier).
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Personalities
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Antide Janvier
Antide Janvier (1 July 1751 – 23 September 1835) was a French clockmaker.
Life
Antide Janvier was born in a village in the Jura (département), Jura, and learned the basics of his trade from his father, and was educated in Latin, Greek ...
(1751–1835), clockmaker, was born at Briva (today Brive), a hamlet within the commune.
See also
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Communes of the Jura department
The following is a list of the 492 communes of the Jura department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):