Les Breuleux
municipality in the canton of Jura in Switzerland
Les Breuleux (French pronunciation: [le bʁœlø]) is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2023 the former municipality of La Chaux-des-Breuleux merged to form the municipality of Les Breuleux.
History
Les Breuleux is first mentioned in 1429 as Les Bruilluit.
Geography
Les Breuleux has an area of 10.82 km2 (4.18 sq mi). Of this area, 6.72 km2 (2.59 mi2) or 62.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.26 km2 (1.26 mi2) or 30.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.83 km2 (0.32 mi2) or 7.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.0%. Out of the forested land, 23.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.4% is used for growing crops and 37.0% is pastures and 21.7% is used for alpine pastures.
The municipality is located in the Franches-Montagnes district.
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