Jura is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the Jura Mountains, its prefecture is Lons-le-Saunier. Its subprefectures are Dole and Saint-Claude. In 2019, Jura had a population of 259,199. Its INSEE code is 39. It has a short portion of the border of Switzerland.
Rhône-Alpes was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris. Rhône-Alpes has the sixth-largest economy of any European region.
Lake Morat or Lake Murten is a lake located in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud in the west of Switzerland. It is named after the small bilingual town of Murten/Morat on its southern shore.
The Doubs is a 453-kilometre (281 mi) river in far eastern France which strays into western Switzerland. It is a left-bank tributary of the Saône. It rises near Mouthe in the western Jura mountains, at 946 metres (3,104 ft) and its mouth is at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, a village and commune in Saône-et-Loire at about 175 m (574 ft) above sea level. It is the tenth-longest river in France.
Glère is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region in eastern France.
Les Brenets is a former municipality in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Les Brenets merged into Le Locle.
Morteau is a commune, in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France.
Lac de Moron is a reservoir formed by damming the river Doubs on the border of France and Switzerland. It can be reached from Les Planchettes or Les Brenets in the Canton of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and from Le Barboux in the Doubs department (France).
Lac Brenet is a lake in the Vallée de Joux, canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is located north of the Lac de Joux, only 200 metres away. Its elevation of 1002 metres is 2 metres below that of Lac de Joux.
Labergement-Sainte-Marie is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France.
Le Barboux is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Bouverans is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Lac de l'Entonnoir is located in the commune.
Ferrières-le-Lac is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Rondefontaine is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Saint-Point-Lac is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Villers-le-Lac is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
The Vallée de Joux is a valley of the Jura Mountains mainly in the Swiss Canton of Vaud. The valley also continues into France at its higher, southwestern, end. Located 30 miles (48 km) north of Geneva and northwest of Lausanne, its mean elevation is over 3,300 feet (1,000 m). There are three Swiss lakes in the Vallée de Joux: the lac de Joux, the lac Brenet and Lake Ter. The French border runs along the northern edge of the valley until, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the lac de Joux, the base of the valley becomes French territory. The valley then continues to climb gently towards the Lac des Rousses and the ski resort of Les Rousses.
Lac de Saint-Point is a lake formed by the river Doubs near Pontarlier in the Doubs department of France. With a surface area of 5.2 km², it is one of the largest natural lakes of France.
Lac des Mortes is a lake in the Doubs department of France, a twin lake of Lac de Bellefontaine. The lakes are near Chapelle-des-Bois and Bellefontaine.
The France–Switzerland border is 572 km (355 mi) long. Its current path is mostly the product of the Congress of Vienna of 1815, with the accession of Geneva, Neuchâtel and Valais to the Swiss Confederation, but it has since been modified in detail, the last time being in 2002. Although most of the border, marked with border stones, is unguarded, several checkpoints remain staffed, most notably on busy roads.
