Lac des Rousses
Lac des Rousses is a lake in Les Rousses, Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, close to the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland. The lake drains through the river Orbe into Lac de Joux.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Le Noirmont and Fort des Rousses.
Le Noirmont
Peak
Le Noirmont is a mountain of the Jura, located north of Saint-Cergue in the canton of Vaud. At 1,567 metres, it is the highest mountain between the Col de la Givrine and Mont Tendre.
Église Saint-Pierre des Rousses
Church
Photo: Vinckie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Pierre des Rousses is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Rousses and La Cure.
Les Rousses
Village
Photo: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les Rousses is a commune in the Canton of Hauts de Bienne of Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, on the Swiss border.
La Cure
Hamlet
Photo: Alexey M., CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Cure is a village located some 20 kilometres northwest of Lake Geneva, straddling the Franco-Swiss border. Administratively, the Swiss half of La Cure is part of the municipality of Saint-Cergue, while the French half is part of the municipality of Les Rousses.
Bois-d’Amont
Village
Photo: Stephane8888, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bois-d'Amont is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Lac des Rousses
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.50437° or 46° 30′ 16″ northLongitude
6.09018° or 6° 5′ 25″ eastElevation
1,056 metres (3,465 feet)Open location code
8FR8G33R+P3OpenStreetMap ID
way 10210308OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
2982475Wikidata ID
Q685526
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Lac des Rousses” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lac des Rousses”
- Chinese: “魯斯湖”
- Chinese: “鲁斯湖”
- Dutch: “Lac des Rousses”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لاك ديس روسيس”
- French: “lac des Rousses”
- French: “Lac des Rousses”
- German: “Lac des Rousses”
- Italian: “Lac des Rousses”
- Polish: “Lac des Rousses”
- Venetian: “lago des Rousses”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Combe Séche and Le Noirmont.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle Notre-Dame de Lourdes and Ponton Pêcheur du Lac des Rousses.
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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 “Lac des Rousses”. Photo: Juraastro, CC BY-SA 3.0.