La Brevine

La Brévine has served as an agricultural settlement in the Neuchâtel Jura since the Middle Ages. Set in the high Vallée de la Brévine, it is widely known as Switzerland’s cold pole: on 12 January 1987, a temperature of −41.8 °C was measured here, a national record for an inhabited locality. Winter inversions can make the broad, enclosed valley markedly colder than surrounding slopes, while summer brings a quieter rural rhythm of pasture and forest. Lac des Taillères lies near the village, a shallow Jura lake that freezes in severe winters. The municipality’s dispersed hamlets and working farmland give this part of canton Neuchâtel a distinctly upland character. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of the Neuchâtel Jura.

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