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Lure (Haute-Saône)

Lure
Subprefecture and commune
Ancien hôtel particulier XIXème siècle (Lure).jpg
Usine Isoroy à Lure.jpg
2015-08 - Sous-préfecture de Lure - 02.JPG
L'hôpital de Lure.jpg
Mairie de Lure.jpg
Le mortard et ses blocs.jpg
Lure is located in France
Lure
Lure
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Lure is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Lure
Lure
Coordinates: 47°41′01″N 6°29′51″E / 47.6836°N 6.4975°E / 47.6836; 6.4975Coordinates: 47°41′01″N 6°29′51″E / 47.6836°N 6.4975°E / 47.6836; 6.4975
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Haute-Saône
Arrondissement Lure
Canton Lure-1 and 2
Intercommunality Pays de Lure
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Michel Federspiel
Area1 24.31 km2 (9.39 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 8,616
 • Density 350/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 70310 /70200
Elevation 284–353 m (932–1,158 ft)
(avg. 293 m or 961 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lure (French pronunciation: ​[lyʁ]) is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Lure is the third most populous town in the département, smaller than Vesoul and Héricourt, but larger than Luxeuil-les-Bains and Gray.

The was situated here. In the seventh century, Clothaire II recognised the virtues of Saint Deicolus and considerably enriched the Abbey of Lure, also granting Deicolus the manor, woods, fisheries, etc. of the town which had grown around the monastery.


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