Saint-Amour, Jura
Saint -Amour is a commune with 2400 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) in the Jura department in the Franche -Comté. It belongs to the district of Lons -le- Saunier, is the capital of the canton of Saint -Amour and seat of the municipality Association Pays de Saint -Amour.
Geography
The municipality of Saint- Amour is in the Jurassic Bresse at the foot of the western foothills of the Jura Mountains, 33 kilometers south of Lons -le- Saunier and 29 kilometers north of Bourg -en- Bresse. The municipality, which is traversed by the Ruisseau de Besançon, a tributary of the Solnan, borders the departments of Saône -et -Loire and Ain.
History
A fortress was built in the Middle Ages; It was destroyed in France after the Peace of Nijmegen ( 1678) and the annexation of Franche -Comté.
Demographics
Attractions
- Old pharmacy ( l' Apothicairerie )
- Parish Church of Saint- Amateur -et-Saint - Viateur from the 15th and 17th century, classified as a monument historique
- Saint- Guillaume- tower ( la tour Saint -Guillaume ), named after William of Saint -Amour from the 13th and 16th centuries, Monument historique
- Courtrooms and prisons ( l' auditoire et prisons de Saint -Amour ) from the 1730s, Monument historique
- Church of Saint- Denis in the district Allonal
Sons and daughters of the town
- Claude -Marie Meunier (1770-1846), General of Infantry