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Hotel Arbez

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La Cure Douane
La Cure Douane

The Hotel Arbez, also called the Hôtel Arbez Franco-Suisse or l’Arbézie, is a hotel that straddles the international border between France and Switzerland in the tiny village of La Cure, which is itself divided by the boundary. Built by a private landowner and businessman specially to take advantage of an impending border adjustment between the two countries, the structure was originally used as a grocery store (its Swiss portion) and a pub (the French half). Today, the entire building houses a hotel, whose dining room, kitchen and several rooms are bisected by the boundary.

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Hotel Arbez
Rue de la Frontière, Saint-Claude

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N 46.4643 ° E 6.073 °
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Hôtel Restaurant Arbez Franco-Suisse (Franco-Suisse)

Rue de la Frontière 601
39220 Saint-Claude
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
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