Franches-Montagnes

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Franches-Montagnes is a traditional rural region of the Swiss canton of Jura, known for its high plateau landscapes, watchmaking heritage, and the native Franches-Montagnes horse breed.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Franches-Montagnes canonical 2
Franches-Montagnes region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region
traditional rural region
administrativeCenter Saignelégier
climate cool continental climate
contains Lajoux
Le Bémont
Le Noirmont
Les Bois
Les Breuleux
Les Enfers
Saignelégier
surface form: Les Genevez

Montfaucon
Muriaux
Saignelégier
Saint-Brais
country Switzerland
elevation approximately 1000 metres above sea level
hasBreedOrigin Franches-Montagnes horse
hasLandscape forests
high plateau
pastures
hasTransport Chemins de fer du Jura railway
historicalActivity dairy farming
horse breeding
watchmaking
knownFor Franches-Montagnes horse
equestrian tourism
rural tourism
watchmaking heritage
language French
locatedIn Jura Mountains
Canton of Jura
surface form: canton of Jura

northwestern Switzerland
namedAfter Franches-Montagnes horse
partOf Canton of Jura
surface form: Jura (canton)

Jura plateau
regionType cultural region
natural region
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
tourismAttraction cross-country skiing
hiking
horse riding
nature observation
vegetation mixed pasture and forest

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jura hasTraditionalRegion Franches-Montagnes
Saignelégier partOf Franches-Montagnes
this entity surface form: Franches-Montagnes region
Canton of Jura hasRegion Franches-Montagnes