Jura - Driving tour (Delémont to Ajoie)
The so-called Pruntruter Zipfel (Porrentruy summit) is the name given to the hilly borderland with France, a chalk upland area which slopes down towards Burgundy. The road between Delémont and Porrentruy (German Pruntrut; 25km/15mi) is part of the main route Berne-Belfort-Paris.
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Boncourt
From Porrentruy it is 12km/7mi to the Swiss border town of Boncourt (375 m/1,231ft; pop. 1,700), with a 12th/13th C. church, a traditional tobacco factory (1814) and caves with stalactites.
Courgenay, Switzerland
The road to Porrentruy runs down from Les Malettes with views of the village and ruins of Asuel, through the village of Cornol (503 m/1,651ft), lying in a narrow valley into the hilly countryside of the Ajoie (German Eisgau). After 8.5km/5mi it comes to Courgenay (493 m/1,618ft), home of the legendary soldiers' mother "Gilberte de Courgenay". From here it is 5km/3mi to Porrentruy.
Develier (Corniche du Jura)
Via Develier (church window by Bissière) along the beautiful "Corniche du Jura" (14km/8mi) the road reaches the Les Rangiers pass (alt. 858 m/2,816ft) with magnificent views of the mountain ridge Mont Terri. 1km/ 0.6mi farther on the right is a war memorial, erected in 1924, in memory of the battles of the First World War.
