Morez | |
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Part of Hauts de Bienne | |
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Morez Morez | |
| Coordinates: 46°31′22″N 6°01′23″E / 46.5228°N 6.0231°E / 46.5228; 6.0231 | |
| 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
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Town hall of Morez -

See also
See also
- 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
References
- "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
- Arrêté préfectoral Archived 2016-10-07 at the Wayback Machine 29 December 2015



