Vallée de Joux
The Vallée de Joux is a valley of the Jura Mountains mainly in the Swiss Canton of Vaud. The valley also continues into France at its higher, southwestern, end.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 1,145 metres
- Description: High valley in the Swiss Jura
- Also known as: “Vallee de Joux”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Le Sentier-L’Orient railway station and La Bobine Le Sentier.
Le Sentier-L’Orient railway station
Railway station
Photo: Abaddon1337, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Sentier-L'Orient railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Le Chenit, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Vallorbe–Le Brassus line of Swiss Federal Railways and Travys.
La Bobine Le Sentier
Movie theater
Photo: DarDarCH, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Bobine Le Sentier is a movie theater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include L’Orient and Le Chenit.
L’Orient
Village
Photo: DarDarCH, CC BY-SA 4.0.
L'Orient is a village in the Vallée de Joux, Vaud, Switzerland. It was created in 1904 and is part of the municipality of Le Chenit. The village takes its name from the fact that it is located on the right bank of the river Orbe.
Le Chenit
Village
Photo: Giovanni-P, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Chenit is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the Vallée de Joux.
Le Sentier
Village
Le Sentier is a village in the Vallée de Joux in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Part of the municipality Le Chenit, the village has 3,000 inhabitants.
Vallée de Joux
- Category: landform
- Location: Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arpitan to Turkish—“Vallée de Joux” goes by many names.
- Arpitan: “Valâ de Jor”
- Cebuano: “Vallée de Joux”
- Chinese: “茹湖谷”
- Czech: “Vallée de Joux”
- Dutch: “Vallée de Joux”
- French: “Vallee de Joux”
- French: “vallée de Joux”
- French: “Vallée de Joux”
- French: “Vallée-de-Joux”
- Georgian: “ვალე-დე-ჟუ”
- Georgian: “ჟუს ხეობა”
- German: “Vallée de Joux”
- Italian: “Valle di Joux”
- Japanese: “ヴァレ・ドゥ・ジュー”
- Japanese: “ジュー渓谷”
- Macedonian: “Вале де Жу”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vallée de Joux”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vallée de Joux”
- Norwegian: “Vallée de Joux”
- Portuguese: “Vale de Joux”
- Romanian: “Vallée de Joux”
- Russian: “Жу”
- Spanish: “Valle de Joux”
- Swedish: “Vallée de Joux”
- Turkish: “Joux Vadisi”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sur le Crêt and Pièce chez Marc.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include eHnv - Hôpital La Vallée, Le Sentier and Grand Cuney.
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