Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux

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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION		CLOSEST TOWNS
Town	Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux	La Chaumusse at 3.3 km (3 min)
Insee code	39487	Saint-Pierre at 3.6 km (4 min)
Postcode	39150	Lac-des-Rouges-Truites at 5.8 km (6 min)
Latitude	46.5752560	Fort-du-Plasne at 6.2 km (6 min)
Longitude	5.9563000	La Chaux-du-Dombief at 7.5 km (7 min)
Altitude	From 824 to 1094 meters	Morbier at 8.3 km (8 min)
Surface	17.57 km²	Entre-deux-Monts at 10.1 km (9 min)
Population	1736 inhabitants	Foncine-le-Bas at 10.8 km (12 min)
Density	105 inhabitants/km²	Chaux-des-Prés at 11.2 km (13 min)
National labels		Château-des-Prés at 11.5 km (13 min)
Chief town	Lons-le-Saunier (at 45 km, 47 min)	Morez at 11.9 km (13 min)
Department	Jura	Chaux-des-Crotenay at 12.5 km (12 min)
Region	Franche-Comté	Search another town

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TOWN PRESENTATION

At 900 m above sea level on the pathway towards the lower Jura Switzerland, St. Lawrence is the center of town shopping tray Grandvaux counts 5000 inhabitants.

Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux is both "green holiday", "snow village" and has the label "health resort".

The history of Grandvaux in 523 Anthiode, the fifth abbot of Saint-Claude, Didier Aubert and sends each with 20 monks to clear the area, Aubert founded a monastery in the West Lake of the abbey on an island called TODAY ' Today the Motte. Didier, it installs itself on the island of Lake Ilay. In the 12th century, this monastery there was nothing left. In 1172, the abbot of a recast in abundance, but this time to the east of the lake. Despite many struggles and especially of the plague over the centuries, Grandvaux arose gradually. He was thriving there for over a century. The Grandvaux, one of three major divisions of the medieval "land of St. Claude," no longer counted as one large parish, nearly 10 hectares, established around the church of the abbey of Grandvaux. She counted five, then seven communities, once called "rivers", which have become common: Great River, River Front, which was detached from the St. Lawrence River behind, then shared between St. Peter and The Chaumusse, Lac-des Red-Trout, of Fort Plasne (River Front in 1973 merged with Great River). Today, eleven municipalities Grandvaux is grouped within the Community of Municipalities of Grandvallière.

The most famous local specialty is of course the cheese with the manufacture of Morbier and Comté. Through thematic tours of dairies, the possibility of discovering manufacturing, refining ... But the rillettes Comtois, cooked in goose fat and slightly smoky, no preservatives and 100% natural, sausages with cabbage, sausage "Grandvallier" ... Everything to enjoy with wine from the Jura to discover the St. Lawrence.

Detailed information
Transport	Train station of Saint-Laurent
Information points	Tourist Office of Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux
Leisure centres	Ski Resort Saint-Laurent en Grandvaux

ATTRACTIONS, LEISURES AND ACTIVITES AROUND

Natural Attractions:

Cascades of Hedgehog, accessible by Bonlieu Ilay or Doucier: they include five waterfalls that are jumping the Forge, the jump Girard and Range, the latter being the most impressive.

The Eagle Peak (or beak of the Eagle, 993 m): an impressive discovery, a magnificent view across the Jura with a very broad view.

The viewpoint of the Four Lakes from this balcony perched on the edge of the steep coast Maclu, was discovered below the two lakes Maclu, the great lake of La Motte (Lake Ilay) and the triangular mass of Lake Narlay .

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