Mont Poupet
| Mont Poupet | ||
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 View of the summit of Mont Poupet |
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| height | 851 m | |
| location | Jura , Bourgogne-Franche-Comte , France | |
| Mountains | law | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 58 '20 " N , 5 ° 53' 13" E | |
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| rock | Limestone , marl | |
The Mont Poupet is a 851 meter high mountain in the Jura department in France .
location
Mont Poupet is located north of Salins-les-Bains and belongs to the municipality of Saint-Thiébaud in the northwest of the Jura department. It forms the southeastern tip of a ridge running from northeast to southwest and towers over the valley of the Furieuse .
history
The wide view over the valley and the region was already appreciated in the Middle Ages. In the 13th century, a castle was built on the mountain that belonged to the lords of Montmahoux. Over time, a settlement was built next to the castle. The settlement and castle were built in 1479 by troops of King Louis XI. destroyed.
Mont Poupet became famous through Louis Pasteur , who tried to prove that germs do not arise spontaneously and that their number in the air decreases with increasing altitude.
geology
The summit consists mainly of the limestone typical of the Jura Mountains, which is visible on the southern slope of the summit. At the foot of the mountain there is mainly gray marl .
traffic
The département road D273 runs over the ridge coming from the south. The road forks here to the D261 towards Ivrey and the D102 towards Myon . The D270 and the D492 run in the valley around the mountain.
Transmission mast
On a 50 m high steel lattice mast at the summit there are two amateur radio relays and antennas for mobile telephony .
Sports
The Mont Poupet is mainly used by paragliders and hang-gliders. Since the GR 59 also runs on the mountain , the mountain is also popular with hikers. Every year in spring, the “Montée du Poupet” takes place, a 17.5 km run from Salins-les-Bains to the top of the mountain.
literature
- Vincent Bichet, Michel Campy: Montagnes du Jura. Géologie et paysages . NEO éditions, 2008, ISBN 978-2914741613 (French)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sur le trace de Louis Pasteur , accessed November 10, 2011
- ↑ René Vallery-Radot: The Life of Louis Pasteur ''. Forgotten Books, ISBN 978-1-4510-0252-2
- ↑ Transmitter mast, description on the amateur radio page ( memento of the original dated November 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 6, 2013
- ↑ Data from the F1ZCA transmitter ( memento of the original from July 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Data from the F5ZBP transmitter ( memento of the original from July 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
