Damphreux

Damphreux is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

Geography

Damphreux is located 420 meters above sea level. M., 7 km north of the district municipal seat Porrentruy (air line). The farming village extends into the Talniederung the Coeuvatte and on the adjacent slopes, in the northern Ajoie ( German Elsgau ).

The area of ​​5.6 km ² large municipality area comprises part of the rolling Jura mountains landscape in the north of the Ajoie, which is traversed by the meandering valley of Coeuvatte. In the east the area extends to the height of Les Côtaies ( 479 m above sea level. M. ) in the north in the woods La Vouevre. To the west, the community area on the amount of Mohe extends into the forest of Le Bonné, the altitude of 525 m. M. is the highest point of Damphreux. The area is drained by the Coeuvatte to Allaine. From the municipality surface 1997 3 % was attributable to settlements, 32 % of forest and shrubs, 64% to agriculture and 1% was unproductive land.

To Damphreux include several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Damphreux are Damphreux, Beurnevésin, Bonfol, Vendlincourt, Coeuve and Lower Allaine.

Population

With 176 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Damphreux one of the small communities of the Canton of Jura. Of the 86.8 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 11.5 % and 0.6 % German-speaking Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Damphreux amounted in 1850 to 344 residents in 1900 to 294 inhabitants. Since then, she has continually decreased.

Economy

Damphreux is still predominantly agricultural and has extensive fertile soils. Outside of agriculture, there are few jobs in the village. Many workers are therefore commuters and work in Porrentruy or in Boncourt.

Traffic

The municipality is located on a regional road, which leads from Coeuve and Damphreux Porrentruy to France. By Postbus course, which runs on the track of Porrentruy to Beurnevésin, Damphreux is connected to public transport.

History

The place is first mentioned in 1161 as Damfriol. Later, the names Dunfriol ( 1178 ) and Damphriol ( 1256) followed. The name goes back to the Apostles Ferréol the Sequani and means abode of Ferréol. The municipal area had the provost Moutier- Grandval and the monastery of Saint- Ursanne land. Damphreux told the eventful history of the Ajoie who first came to the Prince-Bishopric of Basel in 1271. From the 16th to the 18th century, the village was under the Office Meier Coeuve. Between 1793 and 1815 Damphreux 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

Damphreux together with the northern neighboring Damphreux a parish. The parish church of Saints- Ferréol -et- Ferjeux is considered the mother church of the Ajoie, as it is mentioned in the 11th century. The present building dates from 1867. In a valley southeast of the village are the Étangs de Damphreux, two former fish pond.