Pontarlier

Pontarlier is a commune and one of the two sub-prefectures of the department in the region in eastern France. Nestled in the heart of the Jura Mountains near the Swiss border, the town lies along the and occupies the Arlier plain at approximately 830–837 m elevation.
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  • Type: Town with 17,800 residents
  • Description: commune in Doubs, France
  • Postal codes: 25300 and 25300

Places of Interest

Highlights include Town hall of Pontarlier and Ancienne chapelle des Annonciades, Pontarlier.

Town hall

Theater building
is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doubs and La Cluse-et-Mijoux.

Village
is the titular commune in the department in the region in eastern . It lies on the river , adjacent to the north of Pontarlier. is situated 2½ km north of Pontarlier.

Village
is a commune in the department in the region in eastern . is situated 4 km southeast of Pontarlier.

Village
Photo: Lucastristan, CC0.
is a commune in the department in the region in eastern . is situated 9 km northeast of Pontarlier.

Pontarlier

Latitude
46.90404° or 46° 54′ 15″ north
Longitude
6.35464° or 6° 21′ 17″ east
Population
17,800
Elevation
834 metres (2,736 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FR PON
Open location code
8FR8W933+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26692588
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2986302
Wiki­data ID
Q214540
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Pontarlier” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Pontarlier
  • Arabic: بونتارلييه
  • Arabic: بونتراليه
  • Aragonese: Pontarlier
  • Armenian: Պոնտառլիե
  • Armenian: Պոնտարլե
  • Arpitan: Pontarlier
  • Arpitan: Pontarliér
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  • Bavarian: Pontarlier
  • Belarusian: Пантарлье
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  • Chechen: ПонтагӀлье
  • Chinese: Pontarlier
  • Chinese: 蓬塔利耶
  • Chinese: 蓬塔尔利耶
  • Corsican: Pontarlier
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  • Finnish: Pontarlier
  • French: Comté de Pontarlier
  • French: Étraches
  • French: Pontarlier
  • Friulian: Pontarlier
  • Galician: Pontarlier
  • German: Ariolica
  • German: Bünterlin
  • German: Pontarlier
  • Greek: Ετράς
  • Greek: Κομητεία του Πονταρλιέ
  • Greek: Πονταρλιέ
  • Hebrew: פונטרליאר
  • Hungarian: Pontarlier
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  • Japanese: ポンタルリエ
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  • Korean: 퐁타를리에
  • Kurdish: Pontarlier
  • Ladin: Pontarlier
  • Latin: Pons Ruanni
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  • Macedonian: Понтарлје
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  • Narom: Pontarlier
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  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pontarlier
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  • Occitan (post 1500): Pontarlier
  • Papiamento: Pontarlier
  • Persian: پونترالیه
  • Picard: Pontarlier
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  • Russian: Понтарлье
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  • Serbian: Pontarlier
  • Serbian: Понтарље
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  • Tatar: Понтарлье
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  • Turkish: Pontarlier
  • Ukrainian: Понтарльє
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