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Waterfalls · Jura
Cascades du Hérisson
The Hérisson Waterfalls, the Éventail and the Grand Saut: they are located near Doucier, in the heart of the lakes region.
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Stepped waterfalls, limestone reculées and deep gorges: the Jura massif is full of human-scale natural curiosities, often reached by short marked hikes.
This selection brings together the département's essentials, from the Hérisson waterfalls to the Baume-les-Messieurs reculée, one of the finest in the region.
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Waterfalls · Jura
Cascade des Tufs
The Tufs waterfall is in the heart of the Baume cirque, near the village of Baume-les-Messieurs, ranked among the most beautiful villages in France.
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Villages · Jura
Baume-les-Messieurs
One of the French people's favourite villages lies in the typical reculées of the Jura foothills and in the heart of an exceptional site classified Natura 2000 and 3 stars.
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Waterfalls · Jura
La Cascade Baume les Messieurs
The Cascade des Tufs: this waterfall has a particularity; it is petrifying: the water, travelling long distances across the plateau, becomes loaded with limestone by dissolution of the rock.
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Villages · Jura
Château-Chalon
Famous for its former abbey and its wines, this small village perched on top of a rocky spur has kept the ruins of a fortress built in the Middle Ages to protect a Benedictine nuns' abbey founded on the spot as early as the sixth century.
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Waterfalls · Jura
Les Gorges de Langouette
"A sword stroke in the mountain", was one of the formulas commonly used at the beginning of the century to describe the Langouette.
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Natural wonders · Jura
Le Chapeau de Gendarme
Also called the "Route de Genève", these corniche bends of Septmoncel that make perilous hairpins along the Flumen gorges give a spectacular view of the Saint-Claude valley.
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Waterfalls · Jura
Cirque et Gorges de Flumen
The Flumen gorges form a canyon of the Jura massif carved by the Flumen torrent, between the communes of Septmoncel and Saint-Claude, in the Haut-Jura.
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Natural wonders · Jura
Parc naturel régional du Haut Jura
The Haut-Jura regional nature park was created on 10 February 1986 and then grouped thirty-seven communes.
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Natural wonders · Jura
Les Gorges de l'Abîme
The Abîme gorges are near the commune of Saint-Claude in the Jura département in the Franche-Comté region, at the foot of the Cirque de Vaucluse.
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