Doubs
Arrondissement of Pontarlier
La Cluse-et-Mijoux

Fort de Joux

The Fort de Joux or Château de Joux is a castle, later transformed into a fort, located in in the department in the Jura Mountains of . It commands the mountain pass Cluse de Pontarlier.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: French castle
  • Also known as: “Chateau de Joux” and “Château de Joux”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort du Larmont inférieur and Église Saint-Pierre de La Cluse-et-Mijoux.

Castle
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is a castle, which is situated 530 metres northeast of Fort de Joux.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 560 metres east of Fort de Joux.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2 km southeast of Fort de Joux.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontarlier and Les Fourgs.

Town
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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. is situated 4 km northwest of Fort de Joux.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region in the eastern part of . is situated 5 km southeast of Fort de Joux.

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region in eastern . is situated 6 km southwest of Fort de Joux.

Fort de Joux

Latitude
46.87212° or 46° 52′ 20″ north
Longitude
6.37405° or 6° 22′ 27″ east
Elevation
953 metres (3,127 feet)
Open location code
8FR8V9CF+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 125735941
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6697855
Wiki­data ID
Q1090706
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Fort de Joux” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Фор дьо Жу”
  • Chinese: “茹城堡”
  • Czech: “Château de Joux”
  • Czech: “Fort de Joux”
  • Dutch: “Fort de Joux”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Joux”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن دى جو”
  • French: “château de joux”
  • French: “château de Joux”
  • French: “fort de Joux”
  • French: “Fort de Joux”
  • German: “Château de Joux”
  • German: “Fort de Joux”
  • Greek: “Φορ ντε Ζου”
  • Hebrew: “פור דה ז’ו”
  • Irish: “Fort de Joux”
  • Italian: “Fort de Joux”
  • Japanese: “ジューの要塞”
  • Japanese: “ジュー城”
  • Japanese: “ジュー要塞”
  • Polish: “Château de Joux”
  • Polish: “Fort de Joux”
  • Russian: “Фор-де-Жу”
  • Slovenian: “Fort de Joux”
  • Spanish: “Fort de Joux”

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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 “Fort de Joux”. Photo: Calips, CC BY-SA 1.0.