Le Coupet hosts day and residential seminars, leadership retreats, team building programs and small weddings for groups of up to 40 people, with the whole estate let to a single group. The main house sleeps 30 in 9 bedrooms. The estate sits in a forest clearing at about 800 meters, at Les Crozets in the Haut-Jura, a few minutes from Moirans-en-Montagne and about 1 h 30 from Lyon, Geneva and Lausanne.
Seminars and company events
The site sells day seminars, two-day residential programs, leadership and executive committee meetings, team building and workshops. The large living room, with its open kitchen, seats up to 40 and works as the plenary room. The chapel, a heated room of 50 m², takes up to 25 people for a meeting or a yoga session. The 55 m² games room, with billiards and table football, becomes a breakout room. Wi-Fi covers the house and terraces.
The estate runs its own team building activity, the Challenge Nature, an outdoor adventure in the surrounding forest. Evenings often end around a campfire. On weekdays, the estate can be booked from one night, depending on dates.
Weddings and receptions
Le Coupet suits small weddings. The limit is 40 guests, day and evening, with no exception. Ceremonies can take place outdoors under a large fir tree, at a forest camp around a log chalet, or in the deconsecrated chapel. Weddings are sold only as a package built with the owners, covering lodging, meals and drinks, and any extras such as musicians, a DJ, an outdoor cinema or food trucks. Self-catered weddings are not accepted. Weekends are usually booked for two nights, Friday to Sunday.
Rooms and capacities
The large living room seats 40. The chapel takes 25. The games room covers 55 m². A second lounge opens onto the summer terrace. The site does not publish theater or classroom figures for any room, so share your agenda and number of subgroups when you ask.
Accommodation
The main house has 9 bedrooms, each with its own shower room, and 27 single-size beds for 30 people. At extra cost, a tenth bedroom in the owners' wing, a separate four-bedroom gîte about 1 km away and two glamping tents can be added. Whatever the mix, the total stays at 40. A panoramic sauna and a Nordic bath are included in every booking.
Catering
Groups staying overnight for a seminar take full board, and day seminars include lunch. Meals are made by local partner caterers with Jura produce, delivered to the house and served as a buffet at the time you choose, with one menu for the whole group. Table service and clearing are not included unless you add the staffing option. Dietary needs should be sent 15 days before arrival.
History and setting
The house began as a farm, dated by the owners to the 14th century, used for forestry. It later became a children's holiday camp, then a hikers' lodge from 2009. Christophe Leon and Mariya Usacheva-Leon took it over in 2021. The estate uses spring water and wood heating from its own forest, and holds the Clef Verte label for 2026.
Getting there
By train from Paris, take the TGV to Bourg-en-Bresse, about 1 h 50, then a transfer of about one hour. Nurieux station is 35 minutes away and Lons-le-Saunier 40 minutes. Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport is about 1 h 15 by road and Geneva airport about 1 h 20. The owners work with taxi and coach partners for shuttles, and there is parking for 15 cars.
