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Elsgau
The Ajoie (german: Elsgau, Franc-Comtois: ''Aidjoue'') is an historic region roughly coinciding with Porrentruy District in the canton of Jura in northwestern Switzerland. It is a part of the Jura plain, composed of six geographic areas: * the Vendline (river) valley (northeast), with the communities Vendlincourt, Bonfol and Beurnevésin; * La Baroche (east): Miécourt, Charmoille, Fregiécourt, Pleujouse and Asuel; * the flanc du Mont-Terri (south): Cornol, Courgenay, Fontenais and Bressaucourt; * the Haute-Ajoie (west): Courtedoux, Chevenez, Rocourt, Roche-d'Or, Réclère, Damvant, Grandfontaine, Fahy and Bure; * Allaine (river) valley (centre and north): Alle, Porrentruy, Courchavon, Courtemaîche, Montignez, Buix and Boncourt; * the Coeuvatte valley (north): Coeuve, Damphreux and Lugnez. The inhabitants are mainly Roman Catholic. Each year on St. Martin's Day they enjoy a substantial banquet lasting for many hours, and composed of all the various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courgenay (Jura)
Courgenay () is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. History Courgenay is first mentioned in 1139 as ''Corgennart''. Geography Courgenay has an area of . Of this area, or 48.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 40.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allaine
The Allaine (french: l'Allaine (f), in its lower course ''l'Allan'' (m)) is a 65 km long river in northwestern Switzerland and eastern France. Its source is above the village Charmoille, in the Swiss Jura mountains. Downstream from its confluence with the Bourbeuse and the Canal du Rhône au Rhin, near Méziré, it is called the Allan. It is a right tributary of the Doubs, which it joins a few km downstream from Montbéliard, where it takes the Savoureuse with it, a river with its sources in the southern Vosges. The Allaine/Allan flows through the following cantons, departments and towns: *Canton of Jura (CH): Charmoille, Porrentruy *Territoire de Belfort (F): Delle, Grandvillars *Doubs (F): Montbéliard Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department. History Montbéliard is ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bure (Jura)
Bure is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It lies in very close proximity to the border with France. History Bure is first mentioned in 1139 as ''Bures''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ''Burnen'', however, that name is no longer used. Geography Bure has an area of . Of this area, or 44.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 13.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 14.4% 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 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.7%. Power and water infrastructure a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahy
Fahy is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. History It was mentioned in 1177 as ''Fahyl'' when it was one of the possessions of the priory of Lanthenans. In 1477, the bishop of Basel affirmed the rights of the village. In 1483 it was mentioned as ''Fahyt''. The village was under the jurisdiction of the bishop of Basel until the end of the 'Ancien Régime'. The village has remained essentially agricultural until 1950. It has undergone modest industrialisation, with the introduction of a Peugeot parts plant. The local church the Church of Saint-Pierre was constructed in 1787-1788 based on the plans of the architect Pierre Francois Paris. Geography Fahy has an area of . Of this area, or 53.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 12.9% is unproductive land. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandfontaine (Jura)
Grandfontaine () is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. History Grandfontaine is first mentioned in 1136 as ''Granfontana''. Geography Grandfontaine has an area of . Of this area, or 64.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 28.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% 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 3.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 25.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 40. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damvant
Damvant is a village and former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2009 it has been part of the new municipality Haute-Ajoie Haute-Ajoie () is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It was founded on January 1, 2009 by the former municipalities of Chevenez, Damvant, Réclère and Roche-d'Or.Former municipalities of the canton of Jura {{JuraCH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Réclère
Réclère is a village and former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2009 it is a part of the new municipality Haute-Ajoie Haute-Ajoie () is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It was founded on January 1, 2009 by the former municipalities of Chevenez, Damvant, Réclère and Roche-d'Or.Former municipalities of the canton of Jura {{JuraCH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roche-d'Or
Roche-d'Or is a village and former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. Since 1. January 2009 it is a part of the new municipality Haute-Ajoie Haute-Ajoie () is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It was founded on January 1, 2009 by the former municipalities of Chevenez, Damvant, Réclère and Roche-d'Or.Former municipalities of the canton of Jura {{JuraCH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocourt (Jura)
Rocourt () is a former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Rocourt merged into the municipality of Haute-Ajoie. History Rocourt is first mentioned in 1148 as ''Rocort''. Geography Rocourt has an area of . Of this area, or 59.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.7% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 30.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.4% is covered with orchards or s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevenez
Chevenez is a village and former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2009 it is a part of the new municipality Haute-Ajoie Haute-Ajoie () is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It was founded on January 1, 2009 by the former municipalities of Chevenez, Damvant, Réclère and Roche-d'Or.Former municipalities of the canton of Jura {{JuraCH-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtedoux
Courtedoux is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy of the Canton of Jura, Switzerland. History Courtedoux is first mentioned in 814 as ''Curtis Udulphi''. Geography Courtedoux has an area of . Of this area, or 51.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.7% is settled (buildings or roads).Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.9% of the area Out of the forested land, 35.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.7% is covered with orchards or sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
