Lac de Bonlieu
lake in France
The Lac de Bonlieu (English: Lake of Bonlieu) is a lake in the Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. It is named after the commune of Bonlieu.
The shoreline is composed of peat bogs, surrounded by a forest of beech and fir trees, and the lake is accessible from the north by a walking path. The lake's dark blue colour is due to limestone and marl in the lakebed.
The lake is a popular spot for fishing, with perch, roach, rudd and sculpins to be caught.
“Lac de Bonlieu” enters the record as lake in France. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bonlieu, lake and France can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Lac de Bonlieu” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Bonlieu, lake and France provides the most credible route into that argument.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1799618. Authority coordinates are 46.586, 5.874. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lac de Bonlieu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.