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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1382,Lat: 47.279
Elevation	956 meter above sea level
Local time	18:17:57pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Jura
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Les Franches-Montagnes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lajoux (JU)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fornet	1.9 km	East
2 Les Genevez (JU)	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bellelay	2.8 km	SouthEast
4 Saulcy	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Saint-Brais	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	44 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	181 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	270 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 340 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Bieler See (Lac de Bienne) (37.9 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Delémont with a height of 414 meter (at a distance of 18.5 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 8.7 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.2 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 7%, moderate high mountains: 93%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Plateaulandschaft des Faltenjuras -- Paysage de plateau du Jura plissé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 45 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.1 km2

43.5%

Agriculture

43.3 km2

55.2%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lajoux (JU) in country Switzerland

Lajoux (JU) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	30 km	SouthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	44 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	81 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lajoux

Type of weather in Lajoux	snow
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	990 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:50 Europe/Amsterdam