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Mont Soleil

Mont Soleil

Mountain in Switzerland

Mont Soleil is a mountain of the Jura Mountains, located north of Saint-Imier in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The summit reaches to 1,291 metres (4,236 ft) and the area can be easily accessed with Funiculaire Saint-Imier-Mont-Soleil [fr], a funicular from Saint-Imier, reaching a height of 1,180 m (3,870 ft).

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An observatory is located on the summit as well as several wind turbines and a solar park: the former with their presence, the highest is 150 m (490 ft) high, and noise introduced an element of disturbance in the landscape.[2]

  • View of Chasseral from the solar park
  • View of the summit with a wind turbine
  • View of the summit with the wind turbines
  • Astronomical Observatory
  • Pension des Eloyes
  • View of Saint Imier and Mont Soleil
  • House Peter Widmer

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located north of Les Convers at 1,070 metres.
  2. [2]
    Neuenschwander, Pia (31 August 2014). "Im Berner Jura auf dem Mont Crosin befindet sich der älteste und grösste Windpark der Schweiz" [In the Jura Mountains on Mount Crosin one finds the oldest and largest Windpark of Switzerland] (in German). Horizonte Aargau. "Er dreht, dreht, weht der Wind". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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