Boécourt

Boécourt is a municipality in the district Delémont the canton of Jura in Switzerland. The former German name Beast Ingen is no longer used today.

Geography

Boécourt is located on 516 m above sea level. M., 10 km west from the cantonal capital Delémont ( straight line ). The municipality extends to the lower southeastern slope of the Jura chain of Mont Russelin which separates the Doubs Valley from Delémont.

The area of ​​12.3 km ² large municipality area includes the northwestern part of the intensively farmed level of Dels Berger basin. In the west it extends to the crest of Mont- Russelin chain, which forms the watershed between the catchment basins of the Rhône ( the Mediterranean) and the Rhine ( North Sea ). At the lower southeast slope of this chain there is an extensive meadows and pastures, the upper part is passed with forest. The highest point of the municipality is the mountain L' Ordon 951 m above sea level. M. In the north of the municipal area extends down the slope of Rangiers chain up almost to the summit of Rangiers. The eastern part is in the range of the Brook - Eau Rouge and includes the wooded height of Tramont (620 m above sea level. M. ). The entire municipality is drained to Sorne. From the municipality surface 1997 9 % came from settlements, 42 % of forest and shrubs, 48% to agriculture and less than 1 % was unproductive land.

To Boécourt include the hamlet Séprais (605 m above sea level. M. ) on a terrace east of Mont- Russelin chain and Montavon ( 627 m above sea level. M. ) on a headland on the southern slope of Rangiers, the farm estate Les Lavoirs as well as several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Boécourt are Glovelier, Lower Court, Develier, Bourrignon, Clos du Doubs and La Baroche.

Population

With 885 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Boécourt belongs to the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Jura. Of the 91.4% inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.9 % and 2.0 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Boécourt amounted in 1850 to 655 residents in 1900 to 599 inhabitants. In the second half of the 20th century, a slightly increasing trend was observed.

Economy

In the second half of the 20th century, watchmaking, which specialized in housing and glasses developed in Boécourt. In particular, since the crisis in the watch industry by 1975, the construction sector also moved on in the community. In Séprais and Montavon agriculture also has a certain importance. However, many of the working population commuters and work mainly in the region Delémont.

Traffic

The community is conveniently moderately well developed. It has the exit Glovelier a connection to the 1998, this section of the A16 motorway from Delémont to Porrentruy to be connected by 2015 both to the Swiss national road network as well as to the French motorway network. About 2 km from the village center is the Glovelier station on the railway line Delémont - Porrentruy. A bus line connects Boécourt and its hamlets with the station of Lower Court.

History

First mention is Boécourt 1141 Boescort in a Bull of Pope Innocent II, in which the membership of the parish Boécourt was confirmed to the monastery Bellelay. The municipal area was already inhabited much earlier, as could be shown by finds of pottery from the Late Bronze Age at Les Montoyes. This area was located from the 1st to the 3rd century AD, a Roman estate. In Montavon from the high Middle Ages until the 19th century an iron mine with furnaces in operation.

As one of the 13 villages of the free reign Delsberg came Boécourt 1271 to Prince-Bishopric of Basel. Between 1793 and 1815 it 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.

Attractions

The Catholic parish church of Saint -Sébastien was rebuilt from 1766. In Montavon is the chapel of Saint- Martin. The Balade de Séprais is a sculpture trail near the hamlet Séprais. Here modern works of art by artists from Switzerland and from abroad can be visited.