Les Grandes Fauconnières

Les Grandes Fauconnières is a locality in Provence, Jura-Nord vaudois District, Vaud. Les Grandes Fauconnières is situated nearby to the locality Les Petites Fauconnières, as well as near Vers chez les Favre.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Creux du Van and Le Soliat.

Creux du Van

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The Creux du Van is a natural rocky cirque approximately 1,400 metres wide and 150 metres deep, on the north side of Le Soliat, in the Val de Travers district in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel.

Le Soliat is a mountain of the Jura, overlooking Lake Neuchâtel in western Switzerland. The main summit is located within the canton of Neuchâtel. A secondary summit is located within the canton of Vaud.

Travers railway station

Railway station

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Travers railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Val-de-Travers, in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel. It is located at the junction of the standard gauge Neuchâtel–Pontarlier line of Swiss Federal Railways and the Travers–Buttes line of Transports publics Neuchâtelois. Travers railway station is situated 3 km northwest of Les Grandes Fauconnières.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Travers and Noiraigue.

Travers

Village

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

Travers was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers. Travers is situated 2½ km northwest of Les Grandes Fauconnières.

Noiraigue

Village

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.

Noiraigue or Noiraigue-Les Œillons was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers. Noiraigue is situated 3½ km northeast of Les Grandes Fauconnières.

Brot-Dessous

Village

Photo: Chriusha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brot-Dessous is a former municipality in the district of Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016 it was absorbed into Rochefort. Brot-Dessous is situated 4½ km northeast of Les Grandes Fauconnières.

Les Grandes Fauconnières

Type: Locality
Location: Provence, Jura-Nord vaudois District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.92807° or 46° 55′ 41″ north

Longitude

6.70643° or 6° 42′ 23″ east

Open location code

8FR8WPH4+6H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11419685884

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Notable Places Nearby

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