Saignelégier
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,560 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Jura in Switzerland
- Also known as: “CH6757”, “Saignelegier”, “Saignelegier JU”, and “Saignelégier JU”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saignelégier railway station and Sommêtres.
Saignelégier railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saignelégier railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Saignelégier, in the Swiss canton of Jura. It is located on the 1,000 mm La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line of the Chemins de fer du Jura.
Sommêtres
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sommêtres are a chain of rocks overlooking the Doubs, north of Le Noirmont in the canton of Canton of Jura. The Sommêtres are a popular climbing area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muriaux and Le Bémont.
Muriaux
Village
Photo: Yesuitus2001, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Muriaux is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the formerly independent municipality of Le Peuchapatte merged into the municipality of Muriaux.
Le Bémont
Village
Photo: Vodimivado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Bémont is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Le Noirmont
Village
Le Noirmont is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. Le Noirmont is situated 4½ km southwest of Saignelégier.
Saignelégier
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Franches-Montagnes District, Canton of Jura, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.2558° or 47° 15′ 21″ northLongitude
6.9964° or 6° 59′ 47″ eastPopulation
2,560Elevation
1,056 metres (3,465 feet)Open location code
8FV87X4W+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1385085542OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7287017Wikidata ID
Q67666
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Saignelégier” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Saignelégier”
- Basque: “Saignelégier”
- Breton: “Saignelégier”
- Catalan: “Saignelégier”
- Cebuano: “Saignelégier (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Saignelégier”
- Chinese: “赛涅莱日耶”
- Czech: “Saignelégier”
- Dutch: “Saignelegier”
- Dutch: “Saignelégier”
- Esperanto: “Goumois”
- Esperanto: “Les Pommerats”
- Esperanto: “Saignelégier”
- Esperanto: “Sankt Leodegar”
- French: “Saignelegier”
- French: “Saignelégier”
- German: “La Theurre”
- German: “Le Chaumont”
- German: “Les Cerlatez”
- German: “Saignelegier”
- German: “Saignelégier”
- German: “Sonnelegilier”
- Hebrew: “סניילז’ייה”
- Hungarian: “Saignelégier”
- Irish: “Saignelégier”
- Italian: “Saignelegier”
- Italian: “Saignelégier”
- Japanese: “セーニュレジエ”
- Japanese: “セイネレジェ”
- Lombard: “Saignelégier”
- Malay: “Saignelégier”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saignelégier”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saignelégier”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Saignelégier”
- Polish: “Saignelégier”
- Portuguese: “Saignelégier”
- Romansh: “Saignelégier”
- Russian: “Сеньлежье”
- Spanish: “Saignelegier”
- Spanish: “Saignelégier”
- Swedish: “Saignelégier”
- Swiss German: “Saignelégier”
- Tosk Albanian: “Saignelégier”
- Turkish: “Saignelégier”
- Ukrainian: “Сеньлеж’є”
- Upper Sorbian: “Saignelégier”
- Venetian: “Saignelégier”
- Volapük: “Saignelégier”
- Waray (Philippines): “Saignelégier”
- Welsh: “Saignelégier”
- “Saignelégier”
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Notable Places Nearby
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