Morez
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Morez | |
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Part of Hauts de Bienne | |
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Coat of arms of Morez Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Jura |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Claude |
| Canton | Hauts de Bienne |
| Commune | Hauts de Bienne |
Area 1 | 9.67 km2 (3.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 4,564 |
| • Density | 472/km2 (1,220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 39400 |
| Elevation | 650–1,302 m (2,133–4,272 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Morez (French pronunciation: [mɔʁe]) is a former commune of the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Hauts de Bienne.[2]
The town is mostly known for the manufacture of spectacles. From 1680 to 1920, Morez was with Morbier the center of Comtoise clock production.
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Gallery
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Train bridges over Morez -
Town hall of Morez -
See also
[edit | edit source]- Communes of the Jura department
- Jean-Marc Olivier, Des clous, des horloges et des lunettes. Les campagnards moréziens en industrie, Paris, CTHS, 2004 (ISBN 2-7355-0480-8)
References
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- ^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2016-10-07 at the Wayback Machine 29 December 2015
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morez.
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