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Mont Soleil is a mountain of the
Jura Mountains The Jura Mountains ( , , , ; french: Massif du Jura; german: Juragebirge; it, Massiccio del Giura, rm, Montagnas da Jura) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the Frenc ...
, located north of Saint-Imier in the canton of
Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...
, Switzerland. The summit reaches to and the area can be easily accessed with , a
funicular A funicular (, , ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to opposite en ...
from Saint-Imier, reaching a height of . An observatory is located on the summit as well as several
wind turbine A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...
s and a solar park: the former with their presence, the highest is high, and noise introduced an element of disturbance in the landscape.


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File:1006P Parc-regional-chasseral buedavi-3.jpg , View of
Chasseral The Chasseral is a mountain of the Jura Mountains, overlooking Lake Biel in the Swiss canton of Bern. With an elevation of 1,606 metres above sea level, the Chasseral is the highest summit in the canton of Bern outside the Alps. It is also both th ...
from the solar park File:1006P Parc-regional-chasseral buedavi-2.jpg , View of the summit with a wind turbine File:1006P Parc-regional-chasseral buedavi-4.jpg , View of the summit with the wind turbines File:Observatoire Astronomique de Mont-Soleil.jpg, Astronomical Observatory File:ArCJ - Saint-Imier, Mont-Soleil, Pension des Eloyes - 137 J 349 b.tif, Pension des Eloyes File:ETH-BIB-St. Imier, Mont Soleil, Vacherie v. S. O. aus 1600 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-006046.tif, View of Saint Imier and Mont Soleil File:ArCJ - Sonvilier, Mont-Soleil, Maison Peter Widmer - 137 J 318 b.tif, House Peter Widmer


See also

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List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by public transport This is a list of mountains of Switzerland above 800 metres whose summits are accessible by public transport. This list includes mountains with a topographic prominence of at least 30 metres that have a station above the height of their key col a ...


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Mont Soleil on HikrFuniculaire Saint-Imier-Mont-Soleil
Mountains of the Jura Mountains of the canton of Bern Mountains of Switzerland One-thousanders of Switzerland {{Bern-geo-stub