Le Sentier is a village in the
Vallée de Joux in the Canton of
Vaud
Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat ...
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Switzerland
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. Part of the
municipality
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Le Chenit
Le Chenit is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois District, Jura-Nord Vaudois in the Vallée de Joux.
History
Le Chenit is first m ...
, the village has 3,000 inhabitants.
Numerous Swiss watchmakers are based in Le Sentier:
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre SA, or simply Jaeger-LeCoultre (), is a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer founded by Antoine LeCoultre in 1833 and is based in Le Sentier, Switzerland. Since 2000, the company has been a fully owned subsidiary ...
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Gérald Genta,
Patek Philippe,
Vacheron Constantin,
Romain Gauthier.
External links
Flag of Le Sentier- on Flags of the World Web site
Villages in the canton of Vaud
Villages in Switzerland
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