Perrefitte () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the administrative district of
Jura bernois
Bernese Jura (french: Jura bernois, ) is the name for the French-speaking area of the Swiss canton of Bern, and from 2010 one of ten administrative divisions of the canton.
Comprising the three French-speaking districts in the northern part of th ...
in the
canton of
Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
, website ...
in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. It is located in the French-speaking
Bernese Jura
Bernese Jura (french: Jura bernois, ) is the name for the French-speaking area of the Swiss canton of Bern, and from 2010 one of ten administrative divisions of the canton.
Comprising the three French-speaking districts in the northern part of the ...
(''Jura Bernois''). Its old German names Beffert and Pfeffert are no longer in use today.
History
Perrefitte is first mentioned in 1295 as ''Pierefite''.
[ In 1321 appears the Perefiten terminology, then followed by Pierefetteau, and in 1548 Pierrefette. This name is derived from the Latin “petra ficta”. The village remains incorporated to the Moutier-Grandval community until the end of the 18th century. From 1797 to 1815, Perrefitte belongs to ]France
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, within the French Department of Mont-Terrible
Mont-Terrible was a department of the First French Republic, with its seat at Porrentruy.
The Mont Terrible for which the department was named is now known as , a peak of 804 metres near Courgenay (now in the canton of Jura, Switzerland). The ...
.
As from 1800, it becomes a part of the Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is the ...
Department, to which the department of Mont-Terrible was attached.
By decision of the congress of Vienna
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, the territory of the old Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
was allotted to canton of Bern, in 1815.
Geography
Perrefitte is located at 600 meters of altitude. This old agricultural village lies west of Moutier
Moutier () is a municipality in Switzerland. Currently, the town belongs to the Jura bernois administrative district of the canton of Bern. On 28 March 2021, the population voted to secede from the canton of Bern and join the Canton of Jura; the ...
, in the chain of the Jura Mountains
The Jura Mountains ( , , , ; french: Massif du Jura; german: Juragebirge; it, Massiccio del Giura, rm, Montagnas da Jura) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the Frenc ...
, on the left bank of the Chalière brook, which merges into the Birse
Birse ( gd, Braois/Breis) is a parish in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which includes the communities of Finzean and Ballogie. However the name Birse is often used to refer only to the northwestern part of the parish which l ...
river in Moutier. It is the western part of the Grand Val (valley of Moutier). In the southern area Combe Fabet, a kind of small throat has formed a secondary valley, from where the Chalière flows down. The Moron mountain marks the southern border of the community, rising to of altitude. To the North, the communal territory extends to the chain from Mountain of Moutier, which constitutes the highest point of Perrefitte with its height of .
The bordering communities are Moutier, Champoz
Champoz () is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking part of the canton in the Jura mountains.
History
Champoz was first mentioned in 1365 as ''Cha ...
and Souboz
Souboz is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (''Jura Bernois''). On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Châtelat, Monible ...
in canton of Bern
The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. ...
, and Soulce
Soulce () is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Bassecourt, Courfaivre, Glovelier, Soulce and Undervelier merged to form the new municipality o ...
in canton of Jura
The Republic and Canton of Jura (french: République et canton du Jura), less formally the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura ( , ), is the newest (founded in 1979) of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland. The capita ...
Perrefitte has an area of . As of 2012, a total of or 30.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 65.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.0% 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
During the same year, housing and buildings made up 2.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 62.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.8% is used for growing crops and 15.9% is pastures and 11.4% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[
On 31 December 2009 District de Moutier, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.]
accessed 4 April 2011
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Per pale Argent and Gules two Keys counterchanged .''
Demographics
Perrefitte has a population () of . , 11.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2001-2011) the population has changed at a rate of -3.3%. Migration accounted for -2.9%, while births and deaths accounted for -0.6%.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 26 June 2013
Most of the population () speaks French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
(401 or 84.2%) as their first language, German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
is the second most common (44 or 9.2%) and Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
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is the third (14 or 2.9%).[
, the population was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. The population was made up of 201 Swiss men (41.9% of the population) and 31 (6.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 223 Swiss women (46.5%) and 25 (5.2%) non-Swiss women.][Statistical office of the Canton of Bern]
accessed 4 January 2012 Of the population in the municipality, 131 or about 27.5% were born in Perrefitte and lived there in 2000. There were 161 or 33.8% who were born in the same canton, while 110 or 23.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 56 or 11.8% were born outside of Switzerland.[
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 18.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 21.6%.][
, there were 180 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 259 married individuals, 28 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced.][STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 54 households that consist of only one person and 13 households with five or more people. , a total of 197 apartments (82.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 33 apartments (13.9%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (3.4%) were empty.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011 , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.1 new units per 1000 residents.[ The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 8.66%. In 2011, single family homes made up 66.5% of the total housing in the municipality.
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
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Politics
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 42.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Social Democratic Party (SP) (14.4%), the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) (11%) and the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (8%). In the federal election, a total of 169 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This can be the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford Unive ...
was 50.3%.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election]
accessed 8 May 2012
Economy
Perrefitte was characterized for a long time by agriculture. Then, following the industrialization of Moutier, some small companies were established along the Chalière, at the border of Moutier. Within the last decades the village was transformed into a quiet residential area. Now, many of its inhabitants work in nearby Moutier or commute even much further.
, Perrefitte had an unemployment rate of 1.07%. , there were a total of 78 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 26 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 15 people were employed in the secondary sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction. ...
and there were 9 businesses in this sector. 37 people were employed in the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...
, with 14 businesses in this sector.[ There were 233 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 35.6% of the workforce.
there were a total of 52 ]full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent (FTE), or whole time equivalent (WTE), is a unit that indicates the workload of an employee, employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads or class loads comparable across various contexts. FTE is often used to me ...
jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 16, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 11 of which 7 or (63.6%) were in manufacturing and 3 (27.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 25. In the tertiary sector; 4 or 16.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 4 or 16.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 36.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 8.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 12.0% were in education.
, there were 26 workers who commuted into the municipality and 173 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. A total of 60 workers (69.8% of the 86 total workers in the municipality) both lived and worked in Perrefitte.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010
Of the working population, 5.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 69.1% used a private car.[
In 2011 the average local and cantonal tax rate on a married resident, with two children, of Perrefitte making 150,000 CHF was 13.1%, while an unmarried resident's rate was 19.3%. For comparison, the rate for the entire canton in the same year, was 14.2% and 22.0%, while the nationwide rate was 12.3% and 21.1% respectively. In 2009 there were a total of 201 tax payers in the municipality. Of that total, 57 made over 75,000 CHF per year. There were 3 people who made between 15,000 and 20,000 per year. The average income of the over 75,000 CHF group in Perrefitte was 104,372 CHF, while the average across all of Switzerland was 130,478 CHF. In 2011 a total of 2.3% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.
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Religion
From the , 186 or 39.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
, while 143 or 30.0% were Roman Catholic
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*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
. Of the rest of the population, there were 53 individuals (or about 11.13% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 17 (or about 3.57% of the population) who were Islam
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ic. There were 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 60 (or about 12.61% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 14 individuals (or about 2.94% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Perrefitte about 57% of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 12.5% have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...
'').[ Of the 37 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 59.5% were Swiss men, 18.9% were Swiss women, 16.2% were non-Swiss men.][
The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory ]Kindergarten
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, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a Tradesman, trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading). Apprenticeships can also enable practitioners ...
.
During the 2011-12 school year, there were a total of 29 students attending classes in Perrefitte. There was one kindergarten class with a total of 8 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 25.0% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 12.5% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had one primary class and 21 students. Of the primary students, 14.3% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 9.5% have a different mother language than the classroom language.[Schuljahr 2011/12 pdf document]
accessed 9 May 2013
, there were a total of 37 students attending any school in the municipality. Of those, 36 both lived and attended school in the municipality, while one student came from another municipality. During the same year, 34 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[
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Transportation
The community lies along the cantonal road which connects Moutier with Bellelay
Saicourt is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It comprises the localities of Le Fuet, Bellelay, La Bottiere and Montbautier. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (''Jura ...
via Souboz. Soon, with the finalization of the "transjura" motorway A16, which shall connect the Swiss motorway network with that of France, Perrefitte shall obtain a fast access to the other areas.
Sport
Over the past years, Perrefitte has become, during one weekend, the Swiss capital of the VTT, when the races of SwissPowerCup and Bike Cup Watch Valley proceed through the splendid landscapes of the mountains of the Jura.
Gastronomy
The gastronomic guide Gault-Millau
Gault et Millau is a French restaurant guide. It was founded by two restaurant critics, Henri Gault and Christian Millau in 1965.
Points system
Gault Millau rates on a scale of 1 to 20, with 20 being the highest. Restaurants given below 10 poin ...
mentions a restaurant in Perrefitte: the ''Restaurant de l’Etoile'' (13 points out of 20 in the guide 2005)Restaurant de l’Etoile Site
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References
External links
official Site of the tourist bureau of the Bernese Jura
official Site of the economic promotion of the Canton of Bern
official Site of the economic room of the Bernese Jura
Research center and documentation of the Bernese Jura
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