La Villette
La Villette is a hamlet in Sainte-Croix, Jura-Nord vaudois District, Vaud. La Villette is situated nearby to the locality Sur les Carrières, as well as near the hamlet Le Château-de-Ste-Croix.Places of Interest
Highlights include Musée d’automates et de boîtes à musique and Le Chasseron.
Musée d’automates et de boîtes à musique
Museum
Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
Musée d'automates et de boîtes à musique is a museum located in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland. It specialises in musical boxes and automatons. The museum is owned by the Centre International de la Mécanique d'Art.
Le Chasseron
Peak
Photo: Spigaf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Chasseron is a mountain in the Jura Mountains, overlooking Sainte-Croix in the canton of Vaud. It has an elevation of 1,607 metres above sea level and is amongst the most isolated mountains of Switzerland. Le Chasseron is situated 3½ km north of La Villette.
Ste-Croix railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alain Rouiller, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ste-Croix railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Sainte-Croix, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is the western terminus of the 1,000 mm gauge Yverdon–Ste-Croix line of Travys.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vuiteboeuf and Bullet.
Vuiteboeuf
Village
Photo: Ordifana75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vuiteboeuf is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Bullet
Village
Photo: Pmau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bullet is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Baulmes
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baulmes is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Baulmes is situated 3 km south of La Villette.
La Villette
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Sainte-Croix, Jura-Nord vaudois District, Vaud, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.81895° or 46° 49′ 8″ northLongitude
6.5291° or 6° 31′ 45″ eastOpen location code
8FR8RG9H+HJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2009673605OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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