Houtaud

Houtaud is best known in Bourgogne–Franche-Comté as a commune adjoining Pontarlier, the main town of the Haut-Doubs area. Set in the Jura Mountains near the Doubs River valley, it belongs to a highland region shaped by pasture, woodland and long winters. Its position illustrates the transition between Pontarlier’s urban services and the rural plateau around it. Nearby Pontarlier is closely associated with absinthe, whose production became an important local industry in the 19th century, while the wider Jura is renowned for Comté cheese. See how Houtaud relates to the wider Haut-Doubs area by browsing webcams nearby.

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