The village nestles in the forests between Loulle and Fontenu. It is a firmly agricultural community. There is no shop or bar, but you pass the farm of the apiculteur who sells pine honey and the rich honey liqueur of the Chalain region. The village square is dominated by the wellhead, and the church sits a bit further south on high ground.

I found the church locked, but a man repairing the roof after the storm damage of the previous day told me that the key was kept by Mme Guy who lives in the chalet le Petit Prince across the road.

She let me in, and gave me a guided tour of the church. She was able to tell me that the early 20th century windows of the Presentation in the Temple and the Last Supper were given by the family now buried beneath the large tombs to the north of the church. They were the Oliviers, and they lived in the big house; but now, they've all gone.

The post-Vatican II altar is curious, being in the shape of a wooden manger. The sanctuary is flanked by windows to St Philip and St James, the patrons. The 18th century statue of St Nicholas is rather battered, but presumably dates from the building of the church, as does the shell-like font.

It is a typical cruciform church, the west front shingled in copper, a rich round stair turret rising to the north. I left Saffloz on the road to Chevrotaine, impressed that a church was repairing its roof less than 24 hours after the tiles had blown down.

Saint-Philippe et Saint-Jacques, Saffloz, is to the south of the village centre, just to the east of Fontenu and the Lac de Chalain. I found it locked, but a key is available at the chalet across the road.