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Saint-Ursanne

town and former municipality in Clos du Doubs in the canton of Jura, Switzerland
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Summary

Saint-Ursanne is a former municipality of Switzerland[1]. Saint-Ursanne ranks in the top 4% of former municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (756 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Clos du Doubs[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Instance of: Ortschaft[5], neighborhood[6]
  • Twinned administrative body: La Motte[7]
  • Postal code: 2882[8]
  • Commons category: Saint-Ursanne[9]
  • Licence plate code: JU[10]
  • Local dialing code: 032[11]
  • Official website: http://www.st-ursanne.ch[12], https://closdudoubs.ch/[13]
  • Population: 870[14], 688[15]
  • Described by source: Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae[16]
  • Replaced by: Clos du Doubs[17]
  • Heritage designation: Swiss townscape worthy of protection[18]
  • Official name: St-Ursanne[19]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Saint-Ursanne, Switzerland[20]
  • Elevation above sea level: 440 m[21]
  • Area: 1146 km²[22]

Why It Matters

Saint-Ursanne has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Saint-Ursanne is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → former municipality of Switzerland, Ortschaft, neighborhood
    Sitelink count → 24
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ku', 'la', 'nl',
    Official name → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'St-Ursanne'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||mul */ default label, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 14w ago · AnBuKu · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Replaced by → —
    Population → —
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Saint-Ursanne, Switzerland
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: Ortsteil"
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