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Col de l'Aiguillon is a Swiss

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....

pass in the Jura Mountains

Jura mountains

The Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each...

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 Vaud

Vaud

Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and is located in Romandy, the French-speaking southwestern part of the country. The capital is Lausanne. The name of the Canton in Switzerland's other languages are Vaud in Italian , Waadt in German , and Vad in Romansh.-History:Along the lakes,...

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The pass connects L'Auberson

L'Auberson

L'Auberson is a village in the municipality of Sainte-Croix in the Swiss canton of Vaud in the Jura Mountains. It lies at the west end of the road over the Col de l'Aiguillon. It is famous for its music-box museum, the Musée Baud....

and Baulmes

Baulmes

Baulmes is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Baulmes is first mentioned in 652 as in loco Balmensi. In 1123 it was mentioned as Balmis.-Geography:...

. The road is 13.7 km long and has a maximum grade of 18 percent.

The cliff between the Col de l'Aiguillon and the highest point in the neighboring mountains, the Aiguilles de Baulmes, is a popular climbing wall for mountaineers.

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