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Col du Mont d'Orzeires

Switzerland

Col du Mont d'Orzeires (el. 1060 m) is a high mountain pass in the Jura Mountains in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The pass road runs on side road 152a from Le Pont (1008 m a.s.l), a village in the municipality of L'Abbaye, northeast along lake Brenet, over the Col du Mont d'Orzeires, past Pierre Punex (1061 m a.s.l) and continues to Chalêt du Mont d'Orzeires (1029 m a.s.l), where the Juraparc animal park is located. After a few bends, the road runs from a height of 950 m a.s.l. to the east to La Dernier (764 m a.s.l) and Vallorbe (749 m a.s.l). The pass connects the Valle de Joux through the narrows between the Risoux range and the Dent de Vaulion (1483 m a.s.l) with main road 9 near Vallorbe.

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