The Republic and Canton of Jura (French: République et canton du Jura), less formally the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura ( JOOR-ə, ZHOOR-ə, French: [ʒyʁa] (listen)), is the newest (founded in 1979) of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland. The capital is Delémont. It shares borders with the canton of Basel-Landschaft, the canton of Bern, the canton of Neuchatel, the canton of Solothurn, and the French régions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand Est.