Lac de Joux and lac Brenet, Vallée de Joux, picture taken from the Dent de Vaulion

The Vallée de Joux is a valley of the Jura Mountains in the swiss Canton of Vaud. It is located at 20 miles (50 km) North from Geneva and Lausanne, its mean altitude is over 3300 feet (1000 meters). There are three lakes in the Vallée de Joux : the lac de Joux (around 6 miles (10 km) long), the lac Brenet and the lac Ter. The border with France is all along the north part of the valley.

There are three main municipalities in the valley, Le Chenit, Le Lieu and L'Abbaye forming the district of La Vallée. These include ten villages like: Le Sentier, Le Brassus, Le Pont, ...

The Vallée de Joux is with Neuchâtel, the birthplace of the Swiss horology and still home of the most famous swiss watch factories, like Audemars Piguet, Blancpain and Patek Phillipe.

[edit] Further reading

• Reymond, Lucien ; Notice sur la vallée du Lac de Joux, 1864 ; Les Charbonnières : Le Pèlerin, 1995. OCLC 36125314
• Devicque, Julien-Hippolyte and Rochat, Rémy ; Merveilleuse vallée du Lac-de-Joux ; Les Charbonnières : Editions Le Pèlerin, 1992. OCLC 34414388

[edit] References

• www.valleedejoux.ch Official Website

[edit] External links

• Vallée de Joux in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

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Coordinates: 46°35′N 6°13′E / 46.583°N 6.217°E / 46.583; 6.217