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Lure is a commune in France, situated in the arrondissement of Lure within the Haute-Saône department. It serves as the capital for the arrondissement of Lure and the cantons of Lure-Nord, Lure-Sud, and Lure-2. The town lies next to the Ognon river and shares borders with Franchevelle, Bouhans-lès-Lure, Froideterre, and Frotey-lès-Lure. Its postal code is 70200.
The population of Lure is recorded as 8,450, comprising 3,831 males and 4,376 females. The area covers 24.31 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 353 meters. The commune has received the Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and the Croix de guerre 1914–1918. It is twinned with Asperg and Berteștii de Jos.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lure
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 9,415
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Lure
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lure
- Population
- 7877
- Area
- 24.31
- Elevation
- 303
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Ognon
- Capital of
- canton of Lure-1
- Shares border with
- Vouhenans
- Official website
- www.lure.fr
- Image
- 2015-08 - Sous-préfecture de Lure - 02.JPG
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- Commons category
- Lure (Haute-Saône)
- twinned administrative body
- Berteștii de Jos
- topic's main category
- Category:Lure (Haute-Saône)
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- Lure
- postal code
- 70200
- different from
- Luré
- male population
- 3831
- female population
- 4376
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-84-89-01-01
- fax number
- +33-3-84-89-01-10
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Encyclopedic overview
Lure ( French pronunciation: [lyʁ] ) is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
At 7,877 inhabitants (2023), Lure is the third most populous town in the département, smaller than Vesoul and Héricourt, but larger than Luxeuil-les-Bains and Gray.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lure” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.