Fregiécourt

Fregiécourt (French [ fʀəʒjekuʀ / fʀeʒikuʀ / fʀəʒikuʀ ], in the local dialect [ frəʤieko / frəʤi ː əkɔ / fərʤi əkɔ ː ]; Friedlinsdorf German ) is a village and a former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

Geography

Fregiécourt is located on 526 m above sea level. M., 9 km east of the district municipal seat Porrentruy (air line). The former street line village extends on both sides of Fregiécourt brook in the Baroche in the eastern Ajoie ( German Elsgau ) at the northern foot of the Jura mountains.

The area of ​​3.5 km ² large former municipal area comprises the plains of La Pran south of the Allaine and ranges in the south to the wooded Chaumont, the 753 m above sea level. M. is the highest point of the municipality. This is part of the Jura range Lomont. To the east the area extends up to the height of Le Chênois ( 585 m above sea level. M. ). The municipal area is drained by the Ruisseau de Fregiécourt to Allaine. From the municipality surface 1997 accounted for 5% on settlements, 38 % of forest and shrubs, 56% to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.

To Fregiécourt include some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Fregiécourt were Cornol, Miécourt, Charmoille, Pleujouse and Asuel.

Population

With 147 inhabitants ( end of 2007) Fregiécourt one of the small communities of the Canton of Jura. Of the 86.5 % inhabitants are French-speaking and German-speaking 13.5 % (as of 2000). The population of Fregiécourt amounted in 1850 to 350 residents in 1900 to 240 inhabitants. Thereafter, a decline by a further 50 % to 121 inhabitants was recorded until 1990. Since then, small fluctuations were only recorded.

Economy

Fregiécourt is still predominantly agricultural, is important especially fruit growing, in particular cherry trees. Outside of agriculture, there are few jobs in the village. Many workers are therefore commuters and work in the region Porrentruy.

Traffic

Fregiécourt is located on the main road of Cornol after Charmoille or Asuel. Fregiécourt is served by two post car prices on public transport. The one upside of Porrentruy to Asuel, the other from Porrentruy to Lucelle, where he makes a detour to Fregiécourt.

History

In Fregiécourt remains of a dolmen from the Neolithic period, and likely created in the time of the Merovingian tomb was found. The village was first mentioned in 1136 as Frigiscurth; German forms Fridestorf and Friederichesdorf appear in 13-14. Century. The place name is probably composed of the short form of a two-part Germanic personal name with the forelimb Frija 'free' 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.

Fregiécourt told the eventful history of the Ajoie, which first came to the Prince-Bishopric of Basel in 1271. When the family of hares castle became extinct in the 15th century, there were probate dispute between the monastery and the La Petite Prince-Bishop. The village was under the 16th and 18th century the office Meier all. Between 1793 and 1815 Fregiécourt 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, Miécourt and Pleujouse the new municipality of La Baroche.

Attractions

The first mentioned already in 1379 the chapel Saint- Imier -et -Hubert in 1612 newly built. It has a richly appointed interior from the 16th and 18th centuries. Fregiécourt is part of the parish Charmoille. In the village there are some typical old farmhouses dating from the 17th century.