Col de l’Aiguillon

Col de l'Aiguillon is a Swiss pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Vaud. The pass connects L'Auberson and Baulmes. The road is 13.7 km long and has a maximum grade of 18 percent.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Aiguilles de Baulmes and Le Suchet.

Aiguilles de Baulmes

Peak

Aiguilles de Baulmes

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The Aiguilles de Baulmes are a mountain of the Jura range, located north of Baulmes in the canton of Vaud.

Le Suchet

Scenic viewpoint

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Le Suchet is a scenic viewpoint.

Six-Fontaines railway station

Railway station

Six-Fontaines railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Baulmes, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop and a request stop on the 1,000 mm gauge Yverdon–Ste-Croix line of Travys.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include L’Auberson and Baulmes.

L’Auberson

Village

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L'Auberson is a village in the municipality of Sainte-Croix in the Swiss canton of Vaud in the Jura Mountains. It lies at the west end of the road over the Col de l'Aiguillon. It is known for its music-box museum, the Musée Baud.

Baulmes

Village

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Baulmes is a municipality in the district of Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Sainte-Croix

Village

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Sainte-Croix is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

Col de l’Aiguillon

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,292 metres
Description: mountain pass
Categories: mountain pass and landform
Location: Jougne, Arrondissement of Pontarlier, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
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Latitude

46.79175° or 46° 47′ 30″ north

Longitude

6.46625° or 6° 27′ 59″ east

Elevation

1,292 metres (4,239 feet)

Open location code

8FR8QFR8+MF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2415736343

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Swedish—“Col de l’Aiguillon” goes by many names.

Bavarian: “Col de l’Aiguillon”
Cebuano: “Aiguillon, Col de l‘”
Cebuano: “Aiguillon, Col de l’”
Dutch: “Col de l’Aiguillon”
French: “Aiguillon, Col de l‘”
French: “col de l’Aiguillon”
French: “Col de l’Aiguillon”
German: “Col de l’Aiguillon”
Italian: “Col de l’Aiguillon”
Swedish: “Col de l’Aiguillon”

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