Lurs, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

French commune|nomcommune=Lurs
région=Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
département=Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
arrondissement=Forcalquier
canton=Peyruis
insee=04106
cp=04700
maire=Richard Lafond
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Pays de Forcalquier et Montagne de Lure
longitude=5.88972222222
latitude=43.9705555556
alt moy=612 m
alt mini=340 m
alt maxi=621 m
hectares=2248
km²=22.48
sans=347
date-sans=1999
dens=15
date-dens=1999|

Lurs is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France. It is noted for the triple murder nearby of Jack Drummond and his wife and daughter in 1952.

In French, its inhabitants are referred to as "Lursiens".

Demography

ImageSize = width:250 height:200 PlotArea = left:40 right:10 top:10 bottom:20 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = justify Colors = id:gray1 value:gray(0.9) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1960 till:2010 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1960 PlotData = bar:480 color:gray1 width:1 from:start till:end bar:320 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:160 color:gray1 from:start till:end bar:0 color:gray1 LineData = layer:front points:(48,130)(84,128) color:blue width:2 #1962 tot 1968. Inwonertal 1962: 311 1968: 305 points:(84,128)(100,117) color:blue width:2 #1975: 275 points:(100,117)(128,121) color:blue width:2 #1982: 284 points:(128,121)(160,133) color:blue width:2 #1990: 320 points:(160,133)(196,143) color:blue width:2 #1999: 347 points:(196,143)(228,157) color:blue width:2 #2004/5

ee also

* Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

External links

* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=11528 Lurs on the "Institut géographique national" site]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=04106&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Lurs on the "Insee" site]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Lurs Lurs on the "Quid" site]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=040106 Location of Lurs and adjoining communes on a map of France (Lion 1906)]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=43.9705555555556&longitude=5.88972222222222&zoom=8 Street map of Lurs (Mapquest)]