Le Bémont (JU)

Places of Interest

Pré-Petitjean railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chrisaliv, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Etang de la Gruère

Lake

Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

La Traction

Photo: Plutowiki, CC0.

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.

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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.

Montfaucon

Village

Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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