L'Abbaye

L'Abbaye is a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, in the Jura-Nord vaudois district in the Vallée de Joux. Its name is from Lac de Joux Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery.
Geography.
L'Abbaye is located on the eastern shore of the Lac de Joux at an elevation of between and . It is at the heart of the Vallée de Joux in the Jura. It includes also the villages of Les Bioux and Le Pont.
The municipality was part of the La Vallée District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and L'Abbaye became part of the new district of Jura-Nord vaudois.