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| | '''Jura''' can refer to: |
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| |width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br/>Civic heraldry of [[Switzerland]] - [[Switzerland|Schweizer Wappen]] / [[Switzerland|Armorial de Suisse]]'''
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| | *[[File:jura.jpg|60 px]][[Jura (canton)]], a canton of Switzerland |
| '''JURA'''
| | *[[File:jura.gif|60 px]][[Jura (France)]], a département of France |
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| ====Official blazon====
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| ====Origin/meaning====
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| Jura is the youngest Swiss canton, it was created during the early 1970s and became a separate canton in 1978. The arms were based on the older banner of the Jura region, then part of the canton Basel, and dating from 1951. The oldest attempt for a separate symbol for the area dates from 1913.
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| The initial proposal, for a banner only, combined the staff of the Bishops of Basel, with the arms of the short-lived Republic of Rauracia (Raurakische Republik/Republique Rauracienne), which used arms with the staff of the Roman lictores (see also [[Sankt Gallen (canton)|Sankt Gallen]]). This symbol, still used by France, was the symbol of freedom after the French Revolution.
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| The whole Jura historically belonged to the Bishops of Basel, and it was thus logical that the staff of [[Basel]] was chosen. The Republic only existed between December 1792 and March 1793. In 1793 it was incorporated in the French Republic. The initial proposal never resulted in the adoption of a flag by the local councils.
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| In 1943 a new proposal was made, which combined the arms of Basel, with 7 bars, as a symbol for the seven districts in the Jura. This banner was easily adopted as a regional symbol, and, in 1978 also as arms for the new canton.
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| [[Literature]] : Mühlmann, L. : Wappen und Fahnen der Schweiz, Bühler Verlag, Lengnau, 1977 and 1997. | |
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| [[Category:Swiss Cantons]]
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