Les Enfers

Village center

Les Enfers is a municipality in the district Franches- Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. The former German name The Hell is no longer used today.

Geography

Les Enfers is located on 955 m above sea level. Level, 5 km north-east of the district municipal seat Saignelégier (air line). The village is located on a flat plateau of the Jura mountains free (French Freiberge ), south of the Doubstals.

The area of ​​7.1 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the gently undulating plateau of the Jura plateau on which boggy, usually above ground endorheic valleys with peaks of limestone alternate. To the east the area extends to the height Sur le Begnon north-east of Montfaucon, with 1,022 m above sea level. M. is the highest point of the municipality. In the north of the municipal area comprises the upper part of the steep, some with cliffs (Les Roches Rouges ) penetrated the southern side of the valley of the Doubs, here Côte du Bouvier and Côte de Sciet called. From the municipality surface 1997 2 % came from settlements, 47 % of forest and woody plants, 50 % in agriculture and somewhat less than 1% was unproductive land.

At Les Enfers includes the hamlet Cerniévillers (912 m above sea level. M. ) on the slopes of the Côte de Sciet high above the Doubs and several individual farms. Neighboring municipalities of Les Enfers are Soubey, Saint- Brais, Montfaucon, Le Bémont and Saignelégier

Population

With 159 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Les Enfers one of the small communities of the Canton of Jura. Of the 84.6 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 13.9 % in German and 0.8 % English speaking (as of 2000). Since 1870 (then 287 inhabitants), the population of Les Enfers has halved. 1900 194 inhabitants were still counted.

Economy

Les Enfers is a predominantly agricultural village embossed with dairy farming and cattle breeding. Outside the primary sector only a few jobs in the local small businesses are available. Many workers are therefore commuters. In the marshy soil of Pâturage of Saignes earlier peat was cut.

Traffic

The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed. It is located 1 km from the main road from Delémont to La Chaux -de- Fonds, on the main road of Montfaucon after Soubey. Les Enfers is operated at certain times through the bus line that runs from Glovelier to Saignelégier; the next approached by any course stop is located in the neighboring village of Montfaucon.

History

His first mention is the village in 1330 under the name of the Au cruz Enfers. Les Enfers belonged to the manor free mountains covered by the prince-bishops of Basel. Between 1793 and 1815 Les Enfers belonged to France and was initially part of the département du Mont- Terrible, associated from 1800 with the Department of Haut -Rhin. By the decision of the Congress of Vienna, the place came in 1815 to the canton of Bern and on 1 January 1979 at the newly founded Canton Jura. The hamlet Cerniévillers formed its own Munizipalgemeinde during the French period, but was in 1817 merged with Les Enfers.

Attractions

A small chapel is located on the northern edge of the plain fin Esserts, just before the steep drop in the Doubs Valley. Ecclesiastical Les Enfers was always dependent of Montfaucon.

Pictures

Les Enfers