Arc-et-Senans

The Saline Royale (Royal Saltworks) is a historical building at Arc-et-Senans in the department of Doubs, Eastern France. It is next to the Forest of Chaux and 29.2 kilometres (18.1 miles) to the southwest of Besançon. The architect was Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806), a prominent Parisian architect of the time. The work is an important example of an early Enlightenment project in which the architect based his design on a philosophy that favored arranging buildings according to a rational geometry and a hierarchical relation between the parts of the project. The Institut Claude-Nicolas Ledoux has taken on the task of conservator and is managing the site as a monument. In 1982, UNESCO added the "Salines Royales" to its list of World Heritage Sites, along with the older saltworks at nearby Salins-les-Bains, for their outstanding architecture and testimony to the history of open-pan salt making. The Royal Saltworks is the first architectural complex of this scale to be used for commercial purposes.Today, the site is mostly open to the public. It includes, in the building the coopers used, displays by the Ledoux Museum of other futuristic projects that were never built. Also, the salt production buildings house temporary exhibitions. The train line from Besançon to Bourg-en-Bresse passes just next to the salt works. The station for Arc-et-Senans is only a few dozen meters from the site.

Arc-et-Senans station (French: Gare d'Arc-et-Senans) is a railway station in the commune of Arc-et-Senans, in the French department of Doubs, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It is located at the junction of the Franois–Arc-et-Senans and Dijon–Vallorbe lines of SNCF.

Cramans (French pronunciation: [kʁamɑ̃]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Champagne-sur-Loue (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃paɲ syʁ lu], literally Champagne on Loue) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Buffard (French pronunciation: [byfaʁ]) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Liesle (French pronunciation: [ljɛl]) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Port-Lesney (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ lɛnɛ]) is a commune in the Jura department' in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It lies on both banks of the river Loue.

Mouchard station (French: Gare de Mouchard) is a railway station in the commune of Mouchard, in the French department of Jura, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It is located at the junction of the Mouchard–Bourg-en-Bresse and Dijon–Vallorbe lines of SNCF.

Mouchard (French pronunciation: [muʃaʁ]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Grange-de-Vaivre (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ʒ də vɛvʁ]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Fourg (French pronunciation: [fuʁ]) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Pagnoz (French pronunciation: [paɲo]) is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.