A Literary Tour de France
Pontarlier
Summary
| Population: | about 3,300 in 1780. |
| Book Trade: | one bookseller |
| Institutions: | royal subdélégation, bailliage court of justice, and tax recette. |
| Culture |
college. Very high literacy: male 81%, female 40% (for entire département). |
| Communications: | first French city on the road from Neuchâtel through Jura. |
| Economy: | trade in iron and hardware, paper, whitened hairs (for wigs), horses, earthenware, cloth, wood and timber, wine and spirits, cheese. |