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Mont-Terrible

1793–1800 · 18th century

Mont-Terrible was a French department created on 23 March 1793 from the territory of the Rauracian Republic, the former northern lands of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel in the Jura. Named after a mountain near its capital Porrentruy, it was too small to survive and was merged into the department of Haut-Rhin in 1800. In 1815 most of its territory was given to the Swiss canton of Bern.

Mont-Terrible
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Rauracian Republic

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