Saint-Brais

Also known as Saint-Brais JU

Saint-Brais (Frainc-Comtou: Sïnt-Brais) is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Saint-Brais
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.image_photo: Saint-Brais 3089.jpg
Swiss town.image_caption: Saint-Brais village
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: Saint-Brais-Blazono.png
Swiss town.canton: Jura
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-JU
Swiss town.district: Franches-Montagnes
Swiss town.postal_code: 2874
Swiss town.municipality_code: 6758
Swiss town.area: 15.19
Swiss town.elevation: 967
Swiss town.population: 225
Swiss town.populationof: 2003
Swiss town.mayor_title: Maire
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities: Lajoux, Montfaucon, Clos du Doubs, Glovelier, Saulcy

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Saint-Brais
Population: 220
Area: 15.16
Elevation: 945
Official website: saint-brais.ch
Image: Saint-Brais 3089.jpg
Dialing code: 032
Licence plate code: JU

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Commons category: Saint-Brais
postal code: 2874
P8168: presumption of legitimacy
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6758

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Saint-Brais (Frainc-Comtou: Sïnt-Brais) is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

==History== thumb|Aerial view (1955) Saint-Brais is first mentioned in 1275 as Sem Bris. The municipality was formerly known by its German name St Brix, however, that name is no longer used.