Corgémont

Corgémont is a municipality in the administrative district in the canton of Bern Bernese Jura in Switzerland.

Geography

Corgémont is located on 663 m above sea level. Level, 10 km north- west of Biel (air line). The former street line village extends in the eastern part of the Jura latitudinal Vallon de Saint -Imier, mostly north of the river of Suze ( Suze French ).

The area of ​​17.6 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the wide valley basin of the Vallon de Saint- Imier. The central part occupies the approximately 500 m wide Talniederung Schüss. In the north, the area extends to the anticline of the Montagne du Droit (up to 1,126 m above sea level. M. ). To the south Corgémont extends to the height of Chasseral chain, with 1,325 m on the sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. At the apex of the Chasseral chain the hard cap rock was broken and eroded away, which in the course of millions of years a northern and a southern ridge formed. In between is an inlier, which is already cleared up to the next hard rock layer. This arch is formed between the two outer ridges a third ridge. The inlier south of Corgémont has a drain for Suze, the deeply Combe du Bex. On the wide ridges of the Montagne du Droit and the Chasseral chain is extended Jura high grazing pastures with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 39 % of forest and woody plants, 54 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Corgémont include numerous individual farms, which are widely scattered in the valley and the Jura mountains. Neighboring communities of Corgémont are Tramelan, Mont -Tramelan, Cortébert, Nods, Orvin, Sonceboz- Sombeval and Tavannes.

Population

With 1604 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Corgémont one of the larger towns in the Bernese Jura. Of the 77.5 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 16.1 % and 3.4 % German-speaking Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Corgémont increased mainly in the second half of the 19th century sharply. After peaking around 1970, a significant migration was observed during the economic crisis of the following year. Since 1980, there are only small population fluctuations.

Policy

The voter shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 35.8 %, SP 22.0 %, GPS 11.5 %, FDP 10.5 %, BDP 5.1 %, EPP 3.2 %, EDU 2.9 %, CVP 2.6 %, glp 1.9 %, AL 1.6 %, Les Rauraques 1.0 %.

Economy

Corgémont was until the late 18th century, a dominantly agricultural village, next to it there were some brick factories, mills and cloth making. Around 1800 summed up the watchmaking foot in Corgémont. The watch industry, the village was from the second half of the 19th century into a great economic upturn. These included a clock spring manufactory (1899-1982) and Jules Schmoll Corgémont Watch (1907-1928), a branch of the watch factory Fontainemelon. With the crisis in the watch industry diversification of industries to mechanics, precision engineering and manufacture of bolts took place. From 1932 to 1994, an enamel, the Emaillerie de Corgémont SA, of great importance. Despite the high rank of the industry also plays agriculture with livestock and dairy farming, in the deep layers of somewhat agriculture, yet a certain role. In this sector employs 10 % of the workforce.

Traffic

The community is conveniently moderately well developed. It lies on the busy busy main road from Biel to La Chaux -de-Fonds. On April 30, 1874, the railway line from Biel was opened after Convers with a railway station in Corgémont.

History

The first written mention of the village under the name Curisgimund took place on maps of the 8th century. Later, the names Corjamont ( 1178 ), Cortgemund ( 1181 ), Corteimont ( 1228 ) and Coriemont (1326) to appear. The place name probably goes back to the courtyard of a Gismund or Giamond. In Corgémont the Moutier - Grandval and the chapter of Saint- Imier land had. The rule about the place had from 12 to 15th century, the nobles of Corgémont (also de Chalmé ) holds. The village belonged until 1797 to rule Erguel, which was under the Bishopric of Basel, where the town Biel from time to time exercised greater influence. 1530 the Reformation was introduced in Corgémont. From 1797 to 1815, the village belonged to France and was initially part of the département du Mont- Terrible, which was connected to the 1800 Haut -Rhin. By the decision of the Congress of Vienna Corgémont came in 1815 to the canton of Bern to the district Courtelary.

Attractions

The Reformed Church of Saint- Valier in 1766 newly built on the site of an earlier temple of 1379. 1925, the church was enlarged in 1966 and equipped with a new bell tower. The Chapel of St. Nicholas of Flue is from 1958. In the old part of the village, the quart lingerie, some farms and houses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved. The stained glass windows of the ' Temple réformé " were designed in the 1990s by the then pastor of the German Swiss community and designed by a Bernese artist. They have an enormous symbolism both biblical and modern elements and are, especially in the morning light, very presentable. A portion of the glass comes from a broken indicator light of a small business in town.

Personalities

  • Georges Louis Ruedin
Nods, Switzerland Quartz crisis Free Democratic Party of Switzerland Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Alternative Left Horology Precision mechanics La Chaux-de-Fonds Saint-Imier Protestant Reformation Belprahon Champoz Corcelles, Bern Cormoret Court, Switzerland Grandval, Switzerland La Neuveville Loveresse Malleray Monible Pontenet Romont, Bern Saicourt Sauge Schelten Sonvilier Sorvilier Villeret, Switzerland Lamboing Plagne, Switzerland Municipalities of the canton of Bern
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