Lure, Haute-Saône

Lure
Lure
Location within Franche-Comté region Lure
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Haute-Saône
Arrondissement	Lure
Canton	Lure-Nord and Lure-Sud
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)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lure is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of 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 Abbey of Lure 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.

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Saône department

References

• INSEE (English)