Corban, Switzerland
Entrance to the village of Corban
Corban is a municipality in the district Delémont the canton of Jura in Switzerland. The former German name Battendorf is used today only sporadically.
Geography
Corban is at 525 m above sea level. M., 10 km east from the cantonal capital Delémont ( straight line ). The former road and creek lines village extends along the scolding Bach (French Schelten ) in the wide basin of the Val Terbi, the easternmost part of the Dels Berger basin.
The area of 7.9 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the east of the intensively farmed valley of the Dels Berger basin. The central part of the municipality occupy the lowlands of the two parallel streams Schelten and Montsevelier. These are separated from each other by a low knoll and drain the area west to the Birs. To the north the municipality extends to the crest of the Jura Fringelikette whose steep southern slope is covered by the forest of Les Champés. Here lies 913 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality Corban. In the south, the area extends up to the level of plain Fayen and Les Faivelies ( 768 m above sea level. M. ) which form a northern edge fold of the Mont- Raimeux chain. From the municipality surface 1997 4 % came from settlements, 33 % of forest and shrubs, 62% to agriculture and less than 1 % was unproductive land.
At Corban include several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Corban are Courchapoix, Vermes, Mervelier and Montsevelier in the Canton of Jura and Bärschwil in the canton of Solothurn.
Population
With 462 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Corban is one of the smaller communities of the Canton of Jura. Of the 93.8 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 5.1 % and 0.5 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Corban amounted in 1850 to 392 residents in 1900 to 389 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the population fluctuated always in the range 390-450 people.
Economy
The community is still dominated by agriculture, but has developed in the second half of the 20th century to the living village. In the village there are few jobs outside the agricultural sector. Many workers ( about 60 %) are therefore commuters and work mainly in the region Delémont.
Traffic
Corban is on the main road of Delémont over the Scheltenpass after Mümliswil. It is served by a bus line that runs from the cantonal capital after Montsevelier, to the train station in Delémont.
History
A treasure discovered in 1892 by 104 Roman coins from the 1st and 2nd century AD indicates that the area was already inhabited in Roman times.
First mention is Corban in 1184 under the German name Bathendorf. From 1240 the French name Corpaon is occupied. The village belonged to the Corban Provost Moutier- Grandval and retained even after the Reformation, the Catholic faith at.
From 1797 to 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 to the district of Moutier. The residents of Corban voted in the Juraplebisziten always for the creation of the Canton of Jura.
As a border town in the district Moutier Corban decided in the referendum of September 7, 1975 for the Canton of Jura, entered 1976 in the District Delémont over and came up with this on 1 January 1979 at the newly founded Canton Jura.
Currently planning the municipalities of Val Terbi (that is Corban, Courchapoix, Courroux, Mervelier, Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques ) a merger, which is scheduled for the end of 2012 about.
Attractions
Slightly elevated stands southeast of the village, the church of Saint -Blaise, which was built in 1683 and, despite subsequent renovations could preserve its late Gothic elements. Until the 17th century Corban belonged to the parish of the southern neighboring community Vermes.
Pictures
Church of Saint -Blaise
Interior of the church