Lake-of-Red-trouts

Lake-of-Red-Trouts is a common French, located in the department of the the Jura and the area Franche-Comté.

Geography

The commune of Lake-of-Red-Trouts is located between the towns of Champagnole, about fifteen kilometers in north, and Morez, ten kilometers in the south, in direction of Switzerland.

The communal territory stretches with the foot of the Black Mont , over approximately a 5 kilometers length, in the east of Saint-Laurent-in-Grandvaux, the chief town of the canton.

The commune consists of several hamlets: Maréchet, the Black Mount, Voisinat, Thévenins where the town hall and the church as well as the communal cemetery are, and Martins. The name of the commune comes from the lake which is in the center, the Lac of the Reds Trouts, with 919 meters of altitude. In the west, the border of the commune is formed by the brook of Lemma.

The commune is served by the secondary road D 437n, connecting the commune to RN 5.

All the southernmost half of the commune is covered by a forest which dominates the valley of the lake of the Reds Trouts: the forest of the Black Mount, more than 1000 meters of altitude. One can make excursions there, in particular in the neighborhoods of the Cross of Choulette.

The activities of the commune are primarily agricultural, with some services. The majority of the inhabitants works in the common neighbors.

History

August 1st The commune was formerly served by the Secondary lines of the Jura, with a station in Martins, one in Maréchets and another with Lake-of-Red-Trouts.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • neo-gothic Church

Personalities related to the commune

See too

  • Common of the Jura

External bonds

  • History and inheritance of Grandvaux by the Association of the Friends of Grandvaux

  • Lake-of-Red-Trouts on the site of the National Geographical Institute
  • Lake-of-Red-Trouts on the site of INSEE
  • Lake-of-Red-Trouts on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Lake-of-Red-Trouts on a chart of France and communes bordering Lake-of-Red-Trout
  • Plane on Mapquest

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