Miécourt
Miécourt (French [ mjekuʀ ], in the local dialect [ mjekɔ ]; Mieschdorf German ) is a village and a former municipality in the district Porrentruy Swiss canton of Jura.
Geography
Miécourt is located on 479 m above sea level. M., 8 km east of the district municipal seat Porrentruy (air line). The scattered village extends in the plane on both sides of Channeled Allaine, at the southwest foot of the Montagne de Miserez, in Baroche, east of the Ajoie ( German Elsgau ).
The area of 6.5 km ² large former municipal area comprises the southern section a through by the Allaine plane, the Fregiécourt Brook forms the southern border. In the north, the area extends to the gently undulating landscape of eastern Tafeljura Ajoie (up to 527 m above sea level. M. ) and the north- east on the slopes of the Montagne de Miserez ( above 590 m. M. the highest elevation of Miécourt ). About this wooded hill, the watershed between the basins of the Rhine and Rhone runs. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 24 % of forest and woody plants and 69% to agriculture.
To Miécourt include several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Miécourt were Vendlincourt, All Cornol, Fregiécourt and Charmoille in the Canton of Jura and Levoncourt in neighboring France.
Population
With 426 inhabitants ( end of 2007) Miécourt was one of the smaller communities of the Canton of Jura. Of the 92.2 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.9 % and 0.7 % portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Miécourt amounted in 1850 to 524 residents in 1900 to 481 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated always in the range 400-490 people.
Economy
Miécourt is still dominated by agriculture thanks to the fertile lands in the area. Some jobs are available in watchmaking, precision mechanics in workshops as well as in the local small businesses. But many of the working commuters and work in the region Porrentruy.
Traffic
Miécourt lies on the international highway of Porrentruy via Lucelle after running. From Miécourt a main road leads across the border into Alsace. By Postbus course, which runs from Porrentruy to Lucelle, the village is served by public transport.
History
Documents from the years 866 and 884 mention the first time curtem que Mietiam ( in Alsgaugensi Comitatu ); the place name then appears in the 12th century as Miecurt ( h) / Miecourt / Miecort / Miekort, in 13-14. Century as Myenstorf / Miesdorf / Migenstorff. It is likely to be a composition of the Old High German personal name Miezo and rom corte, court, manor, hamlet ', which occurs as a basic word, probably under the Germanic influence, contrary to the typical Romanesque composites word position to the end.
Miécourt belonged to the family of Alsatian Spechbach and came in 1625 to the Prince-Bishopric of Basel. The village was under the 16th and 18th century the office Meier all. During the Thirty Years' War, it was partially destroyed. Between 1793 and 1815 Miécourt 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 municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2009 Asuel, Charmoille, Fregiécourt and Pleujouse the new municipality of La Baroche.
Attractions
The present parish church was built in 1769-72 on the site of an earlier building. It contains a rich interior, including a valuable main altar, a pulpit in the Rococo style and Baroque sculptures. Until 1611 Miécourt belonged to the parish Charmoille. In the center of Miécourt, a carrying out of the Allaine rectangle stately farmhouses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.
Gallery
Route de Cornol
Farm
Church
Reformed Church
Castle Miécourt