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About Jura
Jura, is the most modern of the 26 Swiss cantons, positioned within the northwestern a part of Switzerland. The capital is Delemont. It shares borders with the canton of Basel-Landschaft, the canton of Bern, the canton of Neuchatel, the canton of Solothurn, and the French regions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comte and Grand Est. The King of Burgundy donated a great deal of the land that nowadays makes up canton Jura to the Bishop of Basel in 999.
The area was a sovereign state inside the Holy Roman Empire for greater than 800 years. After the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 the Jura had near ties with the Swiss Confederation. At the Congress of Vienna, the Jura location became part of the canton of Bern. This act precipitated dissention. The Jura became French-speakme and Roman Catholic, while the canton of Bern became in general German-speaking and Protestant.
After World War II, a separatist motion campaigned for a secession of Jura from the canton of Bern. After an extended and partially militant struggle, which blanketed a few arson assaults through a youngsters company Les Beliers, a constitution changed into universal in 1977. In 1978 the cut up changed into made reputable while the Swiss people voted in favour, and in 1979 the Jura joined the Swiss Confederation as a full member. The canton celebrated its independence from the canton of Bern on 23 June.
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