Malleray

Malleray is a municipality in the administrative district in the canton of Bern Bernese Jura in Switzerland. The German name Mällere is now used only rarely.

Geography

Malleray is located at 699 m above sea level. M., 9 km south-west of the town Moutier (air line). The village is located in the wide valley of the Jura latitudinal Vallée de Tavannes, both sides of the Birs, as well as on the adjacent slopes of the Jura.

The area of 10.4 km ² large municipality area includes a section in the central part of the basin Vallée de Tavannes, which lies between two anticlines of the Jura mountains. To the north, the area extends up to the crest of Moron, the ü with 1'337 m. M. is the highest point of Malleray. The southern slope of the Moron is traversed very steep and some limestone rocks. In the south, the territory extends to the height of Montoz chain ( 1'327 m above sea level. M. ). On the two Jura crested by widespread high grazing pastures with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. From the municipality surface 1997 9 % came from settlements, 45 % of forest and woody plants and 46% to agriculture.

To Malleray include several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Malleray are Reconvilier, Loveresse, Pontenet, Souboz, Champoz, Bévilard and Pery.

Population

With 1987 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Malleray is one of the major towns in the Bernese Jura. Of the 88.1 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 4.4 % and 3.1 % Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Malleray has risen sharply, especially in the 1960s. In the last 30 years, only small fluctuations were recorded. The village has grown together with the neighboring Bévilard.

Economy

Malleray was until the second half of the 19th century, a dominantly agricultural village, but then has developed rapidly as an industrial community. Today, only 3% of the workforce are employed in agriculture. With industrialization machine and watch factories settled in the village. Today, the operations of precision mechanical industry are very important.

Traffic

The community is conveniently moderately well developed. It lies on the busy busy main road Delémont to Tavannes. By 2015, the A16 motorway to be built in the Vallée de Tavannes, which will connect the Swiss motorway network with the French motorway network. On December 16, 1876, the railway line from Court was inaugurated by Tavannes. The station with the name Malleray is located on the border of the two municipalities.

History

The municipality's territory remains of the Roman road were found, which led from Biel / Bienne on the Pierre Pertuis after Malleray and on over the seat of Champoz to Moutier. The first written mention of the village under the name of painting goes back to the year 1148, when Pope Eugene III. the monastery of Moutier- Grandval the collection of tithes in Malleray confirmed. 1438 will see the word Malray. The name goes back to the Alemannic word Mahlerei ( mill).

Under the provost Moutier- Grandval Malleray was the capital of a Meier Office. A flood in 1750 taught at major damage. From 1797 to 1815 the village 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 Malleray came in 1815 to the canton of Bern to the district of Moutier.

Attractions

The schoolhouse was built in 1905 Malleray of traditional styles; the secondary school building dates from 1967. The modern Catholic church was built in 1971. On the crest of Moron is a viewing tower by architect Mario Botta, who was inaugurated in 2004.

Personalities

Reynold Tschäppät (1917-1979), Mayor of Bern, born in Malleray

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