Cosges: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Culture and History

Cosges is home to the Église paroissiale Saint Pierre-ès-Liens, a parish church. Its bell tower dates from the 13th or 14th century, while the south chapel dates from the 16th century. A grain mill in Cosges is documented on the 1762 Cassini map and recorded in the 1811 Napoleonic cadastral plan.

In the wider regional surroundings of Cosges, the Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Baume-les-Messieurs, the Abbaye Notre-Dame du Miroir, Chevreaux Castle, and the Couvent des Bernadines d'Orgelet are among the historic sites. In Cosges, La Garenne is marked by a stone cross; an ancient road that connected Lons-le-Saunier with Chalon-sur-Saône ran there. Celtic remains handed down in Cosges include Gallic coins and burial mounds.

Landscape and Waters

The Seille flows through Cosges. The wider regional surroundings of Cosges also include Pointe de la Vuarde, listed as a summit, Mont Chavet as a mountain, and Côte des Baumes as a hill.

Agriculture and Folklore

At Ferme au Bas de l'Étang, visitors can learn about the work of farmers and sample farm products. Ferme au Bas de l'Étang sells milk, eggs, free-range poultry fed on grain, garden vegetables, beef from Limousin heifers, and milk-fed veal directly from the farm.

The historical local folklore of Cosges includes stories of a hunter riding through the air on a white horse and of a headless horse, the Drack, which carried travelers away.

Those who choose Cosges as a holiday destination may wish to rent a holiday apartment there.

More local pages: Saint-Julien, Mouchard, Le Deschaux, Villeneuve-sous-Pymont, Graye-Et-Charnay, Pannessières, Châteauneuf, Alièze

For the higher-level travel overview: Jura.