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4 unusual facts about Les Clées


Les Clées

The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Les Clées became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.

In 1134, Pope Innocent II tried in vain to prohibit the reconstruction of the castle.

In 1232, Hugo IV, the Duke of Burgundy granted the district to Guillaume II, the Count of Geneva.

Rudolf of Geneva

The gagerie included the castles of Geneva, Charousse, Ballaison, Les Clées, Rue; the homages of the Count of Gruyére and of the lords of Langin, Oron and Vufflens; and all the jurisdictions Rudolf possessed in the Pays de Vaud, the Chablais and in Faucigny.



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