Cormoret

Added Villeret from the course

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

Geography

Villeret is at 706 m above sea level. M., 15 km west-northwest of Biel ( straight line ) and 1 km west of the district municipal seat Courtelary. The former street line village stretches in the central part of the Jura latitudinal Vallon de Saint -Imier on both sides of the river of Suze ( Suze French ).

The area of ​​13.4 km ² large municipality area comprises a relatively narrow section of the valley basin of the Vallon de Saint- Imier. The central part occupies the Talniederung Schüss. In the north, the area extends to the anticline of the Montagne du Droit (up to 1,268 m above sea level. M. ) and down to the valley at Les Breuleux. To the south Villeret extends to the height of Chasseral chain and up to the 1607 m high summit of Chasseral (highest point of the municipality ). 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 wide-toothed comb, the Petit Chasseral ( 1,572 m above sea level. M. ). 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. The heights of Chasseral and Petit Chasseral are already ahead of the regional tree line. From the municipality surface 1997 3 % was attributable to settlements, 44 % of forest and shrubs, 52 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Villeret include the hamlet of Mont Crosin, 1'177 m above sea level. M. on the upper southern slopes of the Montagne du Droit on the road from Saint- Imier to Tramelan, as well as numerous individual farms, which are widely scattered in the valley and the Jura mountains. Neighboring communities of Villeret Villeret are, Nods and Courtelary in the canton of Bern, and Les Breuleux in the canton of Jura.

Population

With 490 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Cormoret belongs to the medium-sized towns in the Bernese Jura. Of the residents, 86.6 % are French-speaking and German-speaking 11.7 % (as of 2000). The population of Villeret amounted in 1850 to 478 residents in 1910 to 746 inhabitants. Since then, it has decreased significantly. Villeret has grown together with the neighboring Courtelary.

Policy

The voter shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 29.6 %, SP 23.8 %, GPS 14.3 %, BDP 11.3 %, EPP 6.5 %, FDP 4.1 %, CVP 2.0 %, Les Rauraques 2.0 %, EDU 1.2 %, AL 1.1 %, glp 0.6 %.

Economy

Villeret was until the late 19th century, a predominantly agricultural village embossed, in addition, there were several mills on the Schüss. From about 1880, the watch industry summed up in Villeret foot and led to an economic boom; the last watch factory was closed in 1983. Today there is a machine factory in the village. Agriculture, too, with livestock and dairy farming, in the deep layers of somewhat agriculture, still plays a significant role.

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 Villeret.

History

The first written mention of the village, already under the present name Villeret, dated to the year 1178th The monastery of Saint- Imier had land in Villeret. 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. A village destroyed by fire in 1795, many houses. From 1797 to 1815 Villeret 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, the place came in 1815 to the canton of Bern to the district Courtelary.

Attractions

The oldest building in Villeret is a farm with a mill, built in 1597. In the center Several characteristic houses and farms from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved, which are listed buildings. Villeret does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish community Courtelary.

Personalities

  • Etienne Primault, weapons chief of Airman and air defense troops
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