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Courchapoix
Courchapoix is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. History Courchapoix is first mentioned in 1435 as ''Curchappoix''. Geography Courchapoix has an area of . Of this area, or 52.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 40.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.0% is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Courchapoix is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. History Courchapoix is first mentioned in 1435 as ''Curchappoix''. Geography Courchapoix has an area of . Of this area, or 52.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 40.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.0% is u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Courchapoix is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. History Courchapoix is first mentioned in 1435 as ''Curchappoix''. Geography Courchapoix has an area of . Of this area, or 52.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.1%. Out of the forested land, 40.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 26.0% is u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corban, Switzerland
Corban () is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Corban merged into the municipality of Val Terbi. History Corban is first mentioned in 1184 as ''Bathendorf''. In 1240 it was mentioned as ''Corpaon''. Geography Corban has an area of . Of this area, or 62.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermes, Switzerland
Vermes () is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. The municipalities of Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Val Terbi.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 History Very little is known about the early centuries of Vermes. The village is first mentioned in 769 by the name of ''Verteme'', supposedly derived from the word ''vertima'', meaning mountain top. It is again mentioned in 866 as ''Vertima'' and in 1308 as ''Vermunt' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bärschwil
Bärschwil is a village and municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. History Bärschwil is first mentioned in 1194 as ''Bermeswile''. From the 19th century until 1957, Bärschwil was a source of gypsum. Initially, the gypsum was extracted on the surface but, subsequently, using underground mines accessed via adits. Until 1910, the mine was situated at Gupf and, when that was exhausted, a new mine was opened at Kirchacker. In 1875, the Jura railway line was opened at the northern edge of Bärschwil municipality, and a station opened. Between 1894 and 1952, the gypsum mines were linked to the station by the Bärschwil gypsum railway, a narrow gauge line which used a combination of horse haulage and gravity. Geography Bärschwil has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 52.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 5.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.2% is either rivers or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicques, Switzerland
Vicques (; formerly german: Wix) is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. The municipalities of Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Val Terbi.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 Jura Observatory is located above Vicques. History Vicques is first mentioned in 866 as ''Vicum''.Geography [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courroux
Courroux (french: Courroux, ; fc, Corrou) is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. History Courroux is first mentioned in 1146 under its German name as '' Lütoltesdorf''. The French name was first mentioned in 1148 as ''Corolt''. Geography Courroux has an area of . Of this area, or 53.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 38.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.5% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 36. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mervelier
Mervelier is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. History Mervelier is first mentioned about 1184 as ''Morswilre''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Morschwil'', however, that name is no longer used. Geography Mervelier has an area of . Of this area, or 43.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 51.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.3% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 50.1% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delémont (district)
Delémont (; fc, D'lémont; german: Delsberg, ) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Jura. The city has approximately 12,000 inhabitants . History The area of the municipality was already settled in the middle Bronze Age. Fifteen urn burials have been discovered in the municipality. There were late Bronze Age settlements south and west of the modern city. Several Iron Age buildings have been discovered south of town. There is also evidence of a Roman settlement, including a Gallo-Roman mausoleum and a small cache of coins. One or possibly several villas in the area may indicate the existence of a vicus near the town. The first historic mention of the name dates from 736 to 37 as ''Delemonte''. In 1131, the first mention of the German name ''Telsperg'' was recorded. It is also mentioned as Laimunt (1181) and Deleymunt (1225). The name is a combination of the Germanic ''Tello'' or ''Dagili'' with the Latin word ''mons'' for ''mountain''. Since the 7th century, the region belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Social Party (Switzerland)
The Christian Social Party (CSP) (german: Christlich-soziale Partei, french: Parti chrétien-social) is a list of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland of the Christian left. The CSP is more aligned with social democracy than the other major Christianity and politics, Christian party, the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP), which is more Economic liberalism, economically liberal. With the moderate Christian left as its background, the CSP commits itself to social-democratic and Environmentalism, environmentalist political solutions. The core principles of the CSP contain, among others, "solidarity with the socially and economically disadvantaged and the preservation of the environment." Electoral power As of 2016, the CSP does not hold any seats in the National Council of Switzerland. A seat in the lower house was once held for decades by Hugo Fasel representing the canton of Fribourg. On a cantonal level, the CSP has many ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic People's Party Of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (german: Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (french: Parti démocrate-chrétien, PDC), Democratic People's Party ( it, Partito Popolare Democratico, PPD) and Swiss Christian Democratic Party ( rm, ), PCD), was a Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021, it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre, which now operates at the federal level. The Christian Democratic People's Party will continue to exist at the cantonal level as individual local and regional parties determine their status. Its 28 parliamentary seats in the National Council and 13 parliamentary seats in the Council of States were transferred to the new party, as was its sole executive seat on the Federal Council, held by Viola Amherd. The party was founded as the Catholic Conservative Party in 1912. It peaked in the 1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national-conservative, right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marco Chiesa, it is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 53 members of the National Council and 6 of the Council of States. The SVP originated in 1971 as a merger of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) and the Democratic Party, while the BGB, in turn, had been founded in the context of the emerging local farmers' parties in the late 1910s. The SVP initially did not enjoy any increased support beyond that of the BGB, retaining around 11% of the vote through the 1970s and 1980s. This changed however during the 1990s, when the party underwent deep structural and ideological changes under the influence of Christoph Blocher; the SVP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
