Lützel

Lucelle (german: Lützel) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

situated on the Franco-

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

border. It is divided between the two countries, the northern half (47 inhabitants in 1999) being part of the commune of

Lucelle, Haut-Rhin Lucelle () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The commune comprises the French part of the hamlet of Lucelle, the other part being part of Pleigne, in the Swiss Canton of Jura. Geography Climate Lucelle h ...

, in the

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is the ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, the southern half being part of

Pleigne Pleigne is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. History Pleigne is first mentioned in 1179 as ''Plenna''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Pleen'', however, that name is n ...

, in the Swiss Canton of Jura. An important

Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...

monastery,

Lucelle Abbey Lucelle Abbey or Lützel Abbey (french: Abbaye de Lucelle; german: Kloster Lützel) was a Cistercian monastery in the present village of Lucelle, in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace, France France (), officially the French Republ ...

, was located here from the early 12th to the late 18th century. Geography of Haut-Rhin France–Switzerland border crossings Villages in Grand Est {{JuraCH-geo-stub