Junction block, and vehicle

A junction block that is attached to a side surface of an assembled battery mounted in a vehicle, the side surface extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and that electrically connects the assembled battery and an appliance mounted in the vehicle, the junction block comprising:

• a generally rectangular flat plate portion attached to the side surface of the assembled battery;
• a control device which has a relay that makes and breaks electrical connection between the assembled battery and the appliance, and which is disposed over a portion of the flat plate portion that includes a middle of the flat plate portion and that is positionally biased toward a first side of the flat plate portion;
• a cable-connecting portion which is electrically connected to an electrode of the assembled battery via the relay, and which is provided in one of four corner portions of the flat plate portion that is an end corner portion of a second side of the flat plate portion that is opposite the first side of the flat plate portion, and to which an electric power cable connected to the appliance is connected;
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• a cable-clamping portion that is provided at a location on the flat plate portion at which the cable-clamping portion clamps the electric power cable that is connected to the cable-connecting portion and that is laid along the second side from said one end corner portion to another end corner portion of the second side.