Les Breuleux

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Les Breuleux

Total population

1,627

Elevation1038 m

Land area14.87 km²

Coordinates47.21°, 7.01°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Les Breuleux is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2023 the former municipality of La Chaux-des-Breuleux merged to form the municipality of Les Breuleux.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Adhémar Schwitzguébel

Swiss anarchist (1844–1895)

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Roger-Émile Aubry

Roman Catholic bishop (1923-2010)

Ferdinand Gonseth

Swiss mathematician (1890-1975)

Armin Müller

Swiss military personnel (1855–1944)

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Walter Loosli

Swiss sculptor and stained-glass artist (1932-2015)

Jean Wilhelm

Swiss politician (1929-2007)

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Gabriel Roy

Swiss politician (1940-2001)

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Nicolas Farine

Swiss pianist

J

Jocelyn Jolidon

Swiss cyclist

L

La Castou

Swiss actress (1948–2024)

J

Jacques Jolidon

cyclist

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Pierre-André Marchand

Swiss journalist

S

Suzy Doleyres

Swiss writer

Josef Wilhelm Rinck von Baldenstein

Prince-Bishop

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William Baume

Swiss businessman (1885-1956)

Maurice Péquignot

Swiss politician (1918-2013)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Jura

• La Chaux-des-Breuleux
  1.3 mi away · pop. 89
• Le Peuchapatte
  2.1 mi away · pop. 38
• Le Noirmont
  2.5 mi away · pop. 1,856
• Muriaux
  2.7 mi away · pop. 493
• Le Cerneux-Veusil
  2.9 mi away
• Saignelégier
  3.1 mi away · pop. 2,558
• Le Bémont
  3.6 mi away · pop. 314
• Les Pommerats
  4.2 mi away · pop. 252
• Les Bois
  5.3 mi away · pop. 1,248
• Montfaucon
  5.3 mi away · pop. 623
• Les Enfers
  5.7 mi away · pop. 138
• Les Genevez JU
  6.6 mi away · pop. 510

Browse all places in Jura →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

birch polypore

Fomitopsis betulina

Seen 2026-10-16

field maple

Acer campestre

Seen 2026-10-14

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Seen 2026-10-09

Uromyces polygoni-avicularis

Uromyces polygoni-avicularis

Seen 2026-10-07

Erysiphe polygoni

Erysiphe polygoni

Seen 2026-10-07

Sawadaea tulasnei

Sawadaea tulasnei

Seen 2026-10-07

Golovinomyces cichoracearum

Golovinomyces cichoracearum

Seen 2026-10-07

Golovinomyces sordidus

Golovinomyces sordidus

Seen 2026-10-07

Umbellifer Powdery Mildew

Erysiphe heraclei

Seen 2026-10-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers