Ajoie
Landscape in the north of the Swiss canton of Jura From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ajoie (German: Elsgau, Franc-Comtois: Aidjoue) is an historic region roughly coinciding with Porrentruy District in the canton of Jura in northwestern Switzerland.
It is a part of the Jura plain, composed of six geographic areas:
- the Vendline (river) valley (northeast), with the communities Vendlincourt, Bonfol and Beurnevésin;
- La Baroche (east): Miécourt, Charmoille, Fregiécourt, Pleujouse and Asuel;
- the flanc du Mont-Terri (south): Cornol, Courgenay, Fontenais and Bressaucourt;
- the Haute-Ajoie (west): Courtedoux, Chevenez, Rocourt, Roche-d'Or, Réclère, Damvant, Grandfontaine, Fahy and Bure;
- Allaine (river) valley (centre and north): Alle, Porrentruy, Courchavon, Courtemaîche, Montignez, Buix and Boncourt;
- the Coeuvatte valley (north): Coeuve, Damphreux and Lugnez.
The inhabitants are mainly Roman Catholic. Each year on St. Martin's Day they enjoy a substantial banquet lasting for many hours, and composed of all the various cuts of freshly butchered pigs, together with regional wines and shots of damassine, the regional AOC eau de vie.
It is also the perfect occasion to discover and enjoy the traditions and other numerous products of the Ajoie terroir.
The Swiss Army has established a large military camp for their armoured corps close to the Swiss-French border, on Bure territory.
 | This Canton of Jura location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
