Saignelégier
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Saignelégier (; Frainc-Comtou: Sainneleudgie) is a municipality in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Franches-Montagnes. On 1 January 2009, the formerly independent municipalities of Goumois and Les Pommerats merged into Saignelégier.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Saignelégier is referenced by 52 other articles, and connects out to Franches-Montagnes District, Lajoux and France.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities of the canton of Jura.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Saignelégier
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Saignelegier-Dorf.jpg
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- city
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Saignelégier-blazon.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Jura
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-JU
- Swiss town.district
- Franches-Montagnes
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 2350
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6757
- Swiss town.area
- 31.64
- Swiss town.elevation
- 978
- Swiss town.website
- www.saignelegier.ch
- Swiss town.mayor
- René Girardin
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Maire
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- La Chaux-des-Breuleux, Le Bémont, Les Enfers, Muriaux, Soubey, Tramelan (BE)
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Saignelégier
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Franches-Montagnes District
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 2531
- Area
- 31.67
- Elevation
- 978
- Body of water
- Doubs
- Capital of
- Franches-Montagnes District
- Shares border with
- Fessevillers
- Official website
- www.saignelegier.ch
- Image
- Saignelegier-Dorf.jpg
- Dialing code
- 032
- Licence plate code
- JU
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- Commons category
- Saignelégier
- topic's main category
- Category:Saignelégier
- postal code
- 2350
- replaces
- Les Pommerats
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6757
- native label
- Saignelégier
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Sights
- Politics
- Economy
- Transport
- Religion
- Weather
- Education
- References
- External links
Saignelégier (; Frainc-Comtou: Sainneleudgie) is a municipality in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Franches-Montagnes. On 1 January 2009, the formerly independent municipalities of Goumois and Les Pommerats merged into Saignelégier.
The bog and nature preserve around étang de la Gruère is located in the municipality. It is also the home of noted brewery Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saignelégier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations