Franches-Montagnes District
Franches-Montagnes District is one of the three districts of the canton of Jura, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Saignelégier. The French-speaking district has a population of 10,479.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district in Switzerland with 10,500 residents
- Description: district in the canton of Jura, Switzerland
- Also known as: “District des Franches-Montagnes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Etang de la Gruère and Pré-Petitjean railway station.
Etang de la Gruère
Lake
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Etang de la Gruère is a small lake in the Jura range near Saignelégier, Canton of Jura, Switzerland. The lake and the surrounding bog is a nature preserve. The lake was formed in the 17th century, when a dam was built for a mill.
Pré-Petitjean railway station
Railway station
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Pré-Petitjean railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Montfaucon, in the Swiss canton of Jura. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the 1,000 mm metre gauge La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line of the Chemins de fer du Jura.
La Traction
La Traction is a Swiss volunteer railway preservation group based at Pré-Petitjean on the line of the Chemins de fer du Jura. Their special trains operate, on selected dates throughout the year, over three routes in the area, Glovelier to Saignelégier, Saignelégier to La Chaux-de-Fonds and "The Hard Climb" from Tavannes to la Noirmont. La Traction is situated 3½ km north of Franches-Montagnes District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saignelégier and Le Bémont.
Saignelégier
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saignelégier is a municipality in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Franches-Montagnes. On 1 January 2009, the formerly independent municipalities of Goumois and Les Pommerats merged into Saignelégier. Saignelégier is situated 4 km west of Franches-Montagnes District.
Le Bémont
Village
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Le Bémont is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Montfaucon
Village
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Montfaucon is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 the former municipality of Montfavergier merged into Montfaucon. Montfaucon is situated 3½ km north of Franches-Montagnes District.
Franches-Montagnes District
- Category: district of the canton of Jura
- Location: Canton of Jura, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Franches-Montagnes District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة فخونش-مونتاني”
- Basque: “Franches-Montagnes barrutia”
- Catalan: “Districte de Franches-Montagnes”
- Cebuano: “Franches-Montagnes District”
- Chinese: “Franches-Montagnes Koān”
- Chinese: “法什蒙塔涅山脉区”
- Chinese: “法什蒙塔涅山脈區”
- Czech: “Okres Franches-Montagnes”
- Dutch: “Franches-Montagnes”
- Esperanto: “Franches-Montagnes”
- French: “district des Franches-Montagnes”
- French: “District des Franches-Montagnes”
- French: “Franches-Montagnes”
- German: “Bezirk Franches-Montagnes”
- German: “Franches-Montagnes”
- German: “Freiberge”
- Italian: “distretto delle Franches-Montagnes”
- Italian: “Distretto delle Franches-Montagnes”
- Latin: “Franches-Montagnes”
- Lombard: “Franches-Montagnes”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Franches-Montagnes Koān”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Franches-Montagnes”
- Polish: “Okręg Franches-Montagnes”
- Portuguese: “Distrito de Franches-Montagnes”
- Romansh: “Franches-Montagnes”
- Slovenian: “Franches-Montagnes”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Franches-Montagnes”
- Swedish: “Franches-Montagnes District”
- Swedish: “Franches-Montagnes”
- Swiss German: “Bezirk Freibärge”
- Tosk Albanian: “Bezirk Freiberge”
- Ukrainian: “Франш-Монтань”
- Venetian: “Distreto de łe Franches-Montagnes”
- Vietnamese: “Franches-Montagnes”
- Waray (Philippines): “Franches-Montagnes”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Les Rouges-Terres and Le Droit.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Centre médico-psychologique (CMP) pour adultes, Saignelégier and Hôpital du Jura, Site de Saignelégier.
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