미뇨빌라르 최고의 라이딩 경로

Worth a visit to see the music room.

Ruins of a small railway viaduct.

Pass without any difficulty from Mouthe: approximately 6.5 km at 3-4%.

Very pretty little town.

Pontarlier is a mountain town located 837 meters above sea level in the heart of the Jura Mountains. As the capital of Haut Doubs, it is located at the entrance to a vast area of protected natural areas, where forests, lakes and green meadows are essential for the production of Mont d'Or and Comté cheese. Pontarlier was once known worldwide for its production of absinthe at the beginning of the last century. Today, the city has revived this tradition, with two distilleries once again producing absinthe.

This city in the Middle Ages was a highly strategic place. For more than 300 years, from the 13th to the 16th century, its inhabitants controlled the commercial exploitation of salt by establishing rights of passage for merchants who went to Switzerland. So you will find in its center many beautiful period houses, irrefutable testimonies of this ancient wealth. The castle of the princes of Oranges was destroyed, and did not stand the test of time.

At the beginning, Mignovillard and its annexes depended, from the religious point of view, on the church of Mièges. The priors and monks sent by the abbot of Saint-Claude or Cluny practiced with all the population that crowded into these mountains. However, every Sunday we had to face the distance that separates Mignovillard from the church of Mièges.

Medieval town