Lajoux

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Lajoux (Switzerland)

Lajoux is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

History

Lajoux is first mentioned in 1404 as La Jous Mertinatt.

Geography

Lajoux has an area of 12.38 km² (4.78 sq mi). Of this area, 7.76 km² (3.00 sq mi) or 62.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.98 km² (1.54 sq mi) or 32.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.57 km² (0.22 sq mi) or 4.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 28.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.4% is used for growing crops and 28.5% is pastures and 23.7% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

The municipality is located in the Franches-Montagnes district. It consists of the village of Lajoux and the hamlets of Fornet-Dessus and Les Vacheries.

Lajoux, Jura, France

Lajoux is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.

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