La Vallée du Lac de Joux district
The District de La Vallée (German district La Vallée du Lac de Joux ) was an administrative unit of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland until December 31, 2007 .
It included the area of the Vallée de Joux . The main town was Le Sentier , which belongs to the municipality of Le Chenit . The district was divided into the Cercles (dt. Circles) Le Chenit and Le Pont .
The district consisted of only three municipalities, was 163.61 km² and had 6,237 inhabitants (end of 2006).
| Name of the parish | Population (December 31, 2006) |
Area in km² |
Inhabitant per km² |
Circle (cercle) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Chenit | 4107 | 99.19 | 41 | Le Chenit |
| L'Abbaye | 1288 | 31.88 | 40 | Le Pont |
| Le Lieu | 842 | 32.54 | 26th | Le Pont |
| Total (3) | 6237 | 163.61 | 38 | (2) |
Changes in the community
Municipalities until 2007
- January 1st, 2008: Change of district of all communes in the La Vallée district → Jura-Nord vaudois district
Web links
- Laurence Margairaz Dewarrat: Joux, Vallée de. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Standard area statistics - municipalities according to four main areas (15.12.2017) of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
Former districts of the canton of Vaud (1803-2007)