Jura the unexpected !
The Jura is a French department whose name comes from the mountain massif of the Jura. It is one of the four departments of the Franche-Comté region. The Jura plain borders Burgundy to the west, and to the east the mountains separate the Jura from Switzerland. From West to East, the route is made by a progression in steps of altitude in the manner of a staircase. Each market corresponds to a different country with its own identity and culture.
If the Jura is a palette of landscapes, it is also an abundance of tourist activities. You will get to know it better, through its great sites, but also, for the most curious, by looking for its many hidden treasures, whether natural, heritage, or cultural. Let yourself be transported and you will see, the magic always operates !
Local specialties
Enjoying the Jura is to take the time to discover and savor its products from the generous terroirs that make up this region of character.
There are the famous wines and cheeses but many other products will surprise you and put you in the mouth.
Yellow wine, straw wine, Savagnin, Poulsard, Trousseau, Comté, Morbier, Bleu de Gex, morels, honey, lemonades and artisan beers, chocolates, sausages from Montbéliard and Morteau or even more unexpected products such as Cancoillotte or Papet Will delight your taste buds.
Major events and venues
MAIN EVENTS :
The Tour du Jura cyclist (May) : The Tour du Jura, created in 2006 by the Jura Cycling Club, has become in only a decade the reference cycling race that makes the department shine beyond our administrative boundaries. Each year, this high-level event offers cyclists and spectators, sometimes from far away, the most beautiful courses and landscapes of the Jura.
Cirque and fanfares (June) : The Cirque and Fanfares festival has become an unmissable event in the life of the country. A popular gathering again this year, the streets of downtown Dole will host street shows, theater, music ... not to mention the parade and fireworks. This festive rendezvous gives pride of place to the street arts.
Festival of music of the Haut-Jura (June) : 9 prestigious concerts between France and Switzerland, in the most beautiful places adapted to ancient music, Romanesque church, baroque church, chapel, stalls of the cathedral of Saint-Claude Work by Jehan de Vitry, 1465), the theater of the People's House ... 5 of these 9 concerts will be performed by unpublished artists on the festival.
Azimut Blues (October) : Azimut festival is a festival of blues and world music located in the Jura mountains. A festival that arrives just before the first snows in La Pesse in the Haut-Jura.
Christmas in the country of the toy (December) : Each year just before Christmas, Moirans-en-Montagne (French toy capital) lives at the rhythm of street arts, shows and playful workshops ... and will transform into a land Life game.
Breakthrough of the yellow wine (February) : Considered the first wine festival in France, this event is held every year in a commune in the Jura Vineyard. The inhabitants put at disposal their cellars, barns, garages to welcome 80 winegrowers who taste the range of wines of the Jura. Every year tens of thousands of visitors are expected.
The Jura de Haut en Bas (March) : The famous "Jura de Haut en Bas" will return in 2017 for the Thursday of the ascent and propose a new route between Lamoura and Lons-le-Saunier always in a friendly atmosphere and a spirit "Sport and discovery of the territory".
La Transjurassienne (February) : The Transjurassienne : the essential rendezvous of Nordic skiing
Assault des Remparts (July) : Every year, the 3rd weekend of July goes back in time, live a day in the heart of the 15th century ... Today the smallest town in France, Nozeroy was considered in the sixteenth century, according to Gilbert Cousin, as the center of "Haute Bourgogne", the name attributed to the Comtoise regions of the mountain at that time. Strategic location, the city and its castle shone for several centuries. For a day, Nozeroy, City of the Sires of Chalon, takes you back in time to find yourself in the Middle Ages among troubadours, fire-eaters and knights.
VISIT THE JURA : Traces of Loulle's dinosaurs, the modern art museums of Dole, the lakes region, the remote Baume-les-Messieurs, the Haut-Jura Regional Nature Park, the Museum Of the Toy, the House of the Cow laughing ©, the Great Salt of Salins-les-Bains classified in UNESCO, or the Museum of the Glasses ... The Jura transmits its History, its values and know-how Given its letters of nobility ! A heritage in the eyes of the world by the children of the country, whether Rouget de Lisle, Pasteur, Paul-Émile Victor, Marcel Aymé, or Louis Vuitton ... Their life is fully in the landscape Jura, yesterday and today.
VIRE LE JURA : At the rate of the seasons, the Jura offers a wide range of activities: swimming, water sports, hiking, dog sledding, via ferrata, canyoning, climbing, sailing, nordic skiing, fishing, cycling, snowshoeing, Canoeing, golf, diving, paragliding, tree climbing, ski joëring, rowing, ... Whether you want to relax, to move, to contemplate, To initiate you, to vibrate, ... the Jura is for you !
