L'Auberson
Encyclopedia
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
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of Sainte-Croix
Sainte-Croix, Switzerland
Sainte-Croix is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-History:Sainte-Croix is first mentioned in 1177 as Sancta Crux. In 1317 it was mentioned as Saint Crueyz. Previously it was known by its German name Heilig Kreuz.-Geography:Sainte-Croix has...
in the 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....
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,...
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...
. It lies at the west end of the road over the Col de l'Aiguillon
Col de l'Aiguillon
Col de l'Aiguillon is a Swiss pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Vaud.The pass connects L'Auberson and Baulmes. The road is 13.7 km long and has a maximum grade of 18 percent....
. It is famous for its music-box museum, the Musée Baud
Musée Baud
The Musée Baud is a music-box museum in the Swiss village of L'Auberson in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Vaud.The museum houses one of the largest collections of music boxes, automatons, musical clocks, and gramophones...
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