- 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 ofProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeasternFrance . It is noted for the triple murder nearby ofJack Drummond and his wife and daughter in1952 .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
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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)]
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