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Jura Mountains

The Jura Mountains are a sub-alpine range of folded limestone running about 300 kilometres in an arc north of the western Alps, along the border of France and Switzerland. Their valleys and plateaus were home to the Sequani and Raurici in antiquity, and later divided between Burgundy, the Prince-Bishopric of Basel and Neuchâtel. Watchmaking became their characteristic industry, and the range gave its name to the Jurassic geological period.

Mentioned in 10 state histories

HelvetiiSequaniRauriciKingdom of Upper BurgundyKingdom of ArlesPrince-Bishopric of BaselPrincipality of NeuchâtelCounty of MontbéliardImperial City of BesançonRauracian Republic

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