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Saint-Brais
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Saint-Brais
Total population
226
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Saint-Brais is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
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History
Saint-Brais is first mentioned in 1275 as Sem Bris. The municipality was formerly known by its German name St Brix, however, that name is no longer used.
Geography
Saint-Brais has an area of . Of this area, or 49.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 41.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.7% is used for growing crops and 35.0% is pastures and 10.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Jura
- Montfavergier1.1 mi away · pop. 38
- Saulcy2 mi away · pop. 265
- Lajoux JU2.1 mi away · pop. 664
- Epauvillers2.1 mi away · pop. 136
- Soubey3 mi away · pop. 132
- Epiquerez3.1 mi away · pop. 91
- Les Enfers3.3 mi away · pop. 138
- Montfaucon3.3 mi away · pop. 623
- Les Genevez JU3.4 mi away · pop. 510
- Ocourt3.6 mi away · pop. 134
- Montenol3.6 mi away · pop. 86
- Seleute4.2 mi away · pop. 72
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 6758
- Population (Wikidata)
- 220
- Wikidata
- Q68513
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771