Country France Arrondissement Saint-Claude Intercommunality Val de Bienne Local time Tuesday 6:21 PM | Department Jura Canton Saint-Claude Area 36.67 km² | |
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Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Weather 16°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 48% Humidity Points of interest Musée de l'Abbaye, Musée de la Pipe et du Diamant, Cascade De La Queue D, Cascade des Combes | ||
Saint-Claude ([sɛ̃klod]) is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
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Map of 39200 Saint-Claude, France
The town was originally named Saint-Oyand after Saint Eugendus. However, when St. Claudius had, in 687, resigned his Diocese of Besançon and had died, in 696, as twelfth abbot, the number of pilgrims who visited his grave was so great that, since the thirteenth century, the name "Saint-Claude" came more and more into use and has to-day superseded the other.
Sights
Saint-Claude Cathedral, former seat of the Bishops of Saint-Claude, is located here.
Personalities
References
Saint-Claude, Jura Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA