Jura

Jura zhürä´ [key], department (1990 pop. 249,600), E France, inFranche-Comté,与瑞士接壤。Lons-le-Saunieris the capital. The area is a major producer of Gruyère cheese and a center for the manufacture of plastics and pipes.

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