Boncourt, Switzerland
Encyclopedia
Boncourt is a municipality
in the district of Porrentruy
in the canton
of Jura in Switzerland
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The nearest part of Switzerland to the English Channel, Boncourt is connected to the S.N.C.F. network by a single track rail, planned to reopen in 2009. During the Second World War Boncourt was a vital staging post for French speaking Switzerland, and the resistance. Boncourt is the first town on the Swiss border when travelling from Paris to Bern via Belfort.
Passengers travelling to Boncourt from Paris today change at Belfort for the optymo.fr hourly connecting bus service to Delle. The cff.ch train runs from Delle at 33 minutes past each hour to Boncourt where it arrives at 36 minutes past the hour continuing to the lake at Bienne.
Industry: Boncourt is on the frontier of the Jura in Switzerland and the railway has been a major employer for over 150 years. The foundation http://www.jurassienne.de.tl is marketing the international railway and ship connections via Boncourt from London to Athens. British American tobacco http://www.bat.ch
is another major employer in Boncourt which has a restaurant open to the public.
Major attractions for visitors to Boncourt are the public swimming pool, the international railway, the Church, the schools, the shopping arcade and the famous Mont Renaud where a funicular railway is to be built.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Porrentruy
Porrentruy (district)
Porrentruy District is one of the three districts of the canton of Jura, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Porrentruy. The French-speaking district has a population of .-Municipalities:Porrentruy is divided into a total of 23 municipalities:...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Jura in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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Passengers travelling to Boncourt from Paris today change at Belfort for the optymo.fr hourly connecting bus service to Delle. The cff.ch train runs from Delle at 33 minutes past each hour to Boncourt where it arrives at 36 minutes past the hour continuing to the lake at Bienne.
Industry: Boncourt is on the frontier of the Jura in Switzerland and the railway has been a major employer for over 150 years. The foundation http://www.jurassienne.de.tl is marketing the international railway and ship connections via Boncourt from London to Athens. British American tobacco http://www.bat.ch
is another major employer in Boncourt which has a restaurant open to the public.
Major attractions for visitors to Boncourt are the public swimming pool, the international railway, the Church, the schools, the shopping arcade and the famous Mont Renaud where a funicular railway is to be built.