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Lützel (river)
The Lützel () is a tributary of the Birs in Switzerland and France. It flows into the Birs near Laufen, Switzerland, Laufen. For 12 km, it forms the border between Switzerland and France. Tributaries * Ruisseau de Bavelier (right) * Bösenbach (right) See also * List of rivers of Switzerland References External links * Rivers of Grand Est Rivers of the canton of Jura Rivers of the canton of Solothurn Rivers of Haut-Rhin Rivers of Switzerland Rivers of France {{Switzerland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucelle (Haut-Rhin)
Lucelle (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The commune comprises the French part of the hamlet of Lucelle, the other part being part of Pleigne, in the Swiss Canton of Jura. Geography Climate Lucelle has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Lucelle is . The average annual rainfall is with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Lucelle was on 20 July 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 20 December 2009. See also * Lucelle Abbey * Communes of the Haut-Rhin département References Communes of Haut-Rhin {{HautRhin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Swiss Alps, Alps and the Jura Mountains, Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's Demographics of Switzerland, 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts List of cities in Switzerland, its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourrignon
Bourrignon is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. History Bourrignon is first mentioned in 1136 as ''Borognuns''. In 1295 it was mentioned as ''Burgis''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Bürkis'', however, that name is no longer used. Geography Bourrignon has an area of . Of this area, or 65.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 32.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.4% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.9% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laufen BL
Laufen (; French language, French: ''Laufon'' ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Laufe'') is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality and the capital of the district of Laufen (district), Laufen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Laufen railway station, Laufen is a principal train station for the surrounding area, connecting it to Basel. History Between 58 BC and 470 AD, Laufen was part of the Roman Empire; after the empire collapsed it was part of the Alemanish area for several decades. During the early sixth century, the entire valley came into the possession of France, and from 853 until 1033 it was part of Kingdom of Burgundy, the Burgundian Kingdom. In 999 Rudolf III of Burgundy, Rudolf III, the childless king of Burgundy donated most of the Laufen valley territory to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel, Archbishopric of Basel. Laufen is first mentioned in 1141 as ''Loufen''. For a time, it was known by its French language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
