Le Brassus is a village in the

Vallée de Joux The Vallée de Joux () is a valley of the Jura Mountains mainly in the Swiss Canton of Vaud. The valley also continues into France ( Jura département) at its higher, southwestern, end. Located north of Geneva and northwest of Lausanne, its mea ...

in the Canton of

Vaud Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat ...

, Switzerland. It is part of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Le Chenit Le Chenit is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois District, Jura-Nord Vaudois in the Vallée de Joux. History Le Chenit is first m ...

."Bienvenue sur le site officiel de la Commune du Chenit – Historique"
(Retrieved on March 3, 2008)

Transport

Le Brassus station is the western terminus of the

Vallorbe–Le Brassus railway line The Vallorbe–Le Brassus railway line is a standard gauge railway line in southwestern Switzerland. It runs from to via and . It shares the section between Vallorbe and Le Day with the Simplon line. Originally built by the Pont–Vallorbe ...

. Trains on this line are operated by

Travys Travys is the brand name of a public transport company operating several rail and bus lines in the Yverdon region in the north of the Swiss canton of Vaud. Its name is based is on an acronym for ''Transports Vallée de Joux–Yverdon-les-Bains–S ...

Sports

Le Brassus hosted the second European

Orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

championships in 1964."European Orienteering Championship senior, statistics 1962-1964, 2000-"
(Retrieved on March 3, 2008)"Európa-bajnokságok"
(Retrieved on March 3, 2008)"Europamästerskap"
– ''orientering.se – Officiell hemsida för Svenska Orienteringsförbundet'' (Retrieved on March 3, 2008)

Horology

Le Brassus is the home of the luxury watchmakers

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Holding SA () is a Swiss manufacturer of luxury good, luxury watches, headquartered in Le Brassus, Switzerland. The company was founded by Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet in the Vallée de Joux in 1875, acquiring ...

and

Blancpain Blancpain SA () is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer, headquartered in Paudex/Le Brassus, Switzerland. It designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells prestige and luxury mechanical watches. Founded by Jehan-Jacques Blancpain in Villeret, Swit ...

References

Villages in the canton of Vaud Venues of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics {{Vaud-geo-stub