Canton of Jura
Porrentruy District
Basse-Vendline

Bonfol

Bonfol is a former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in . It was also home to one of the most hazardous waste landfills in all of Switzerland.
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  • Type: Village with 662 residents
  • Description: village and former municipality in Basse-Vendline in the canton of Jura in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Bonfol JU”
  • Postal code: 2944

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bonfol railway station and St-Laurent Church.

Railway station
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
is a railway station in the municipality of Bonfol, in the . It is the northern terminus of the standard gauge Porrentruy–Bonfol railway line of Chemins de fer du Jura.

Church
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lake
Photo: Alcazar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
are a series of ponds at Bonfol in the , . The main ponds are named "étang du Milieu" and "Neuf-Etang". They are separated by a dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beurnevésin and Vendlincourt.

Village
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in .

Village
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in . is situated 3 km south of Bonfol.

Village
is a former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in . is situated 4 km west of Bonfol.

Bonfol

Latitude
47.4767° or 47° 28′ 36″ north
Longitude
7.1523° or 7° 9′ 8″ east
Population
662
Elevation
437 metres (1,434 feet)
Open location code
8FV9F5G2+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 419894895
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2661451
Wiki­data ID
Q67993
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Bonfol” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Bonfol”
  • Basque: “Bonfol”
  • Breton: “Bonfol”
  • Catalan: “Bonfol”
  • Cebuano: “Bonfol (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Bonfol”
  • Chinese: “邦福勒”
  • Dutch: “Bonfol”
  • Esperanto: “Bonfol”
  • French: “Bonfol”
  • German: “Bonfol”
  • German: “Pumpfel”
  • Hungarian: “Bonfol”
  • Irish: “Bonfol”
  • Italian: “Bonfol”
  • Lombard: “Bonfol”
  • Malay: “Bonfol”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bonfol”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bonfol”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bonfol”
  • Polish: “Bonfol”
  • Portuguese: “Bonfol”
  • Romansh: “Bonfol”
  • Spanish: “Bonfol”
  • Swedish: “Bonfol”
  • Swiss German: “Bonfol”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Bonfol”
  • Turkish: “Bonfol”
  • Ukrainian: “Бонфоль”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Bonfol”
  • Venetian: “Bonfol”
  • Volapük: “Bonfol”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bonfol”
  • Welsh: “Bonfol”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bonfol”. Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.