Monible

Monible is a municipality in the administrative district in the canton of Bern Bernese Jura in Switzerland. Between the communities Châtelat, Monible, Sornetan and Souboz a fusion project has been initialized. As a new community name Petit -Val is specified.

Geography

Monible is located on 862 m above sea level. M., 13 km west of the town Moutier (air line). The farming village is situated on an isolated hill north of the upper forest-free Sorne, in a valley widening the Jura Mountains, which also bears the name of Petit Val.

The area of ​​3.4 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Petit Val both sides of the Sorne that drains the basin to the Birs. In this basin rises the 70 -meter-high hill of Monible. In the south, the area extends to the northern slope of the Jura chain of Moron (up to 1,010 m above sea level. M. ). To the north the municipality extends to the height of Jean de Prés Souboz that connects west to the Pichoux Gorge. On this chain with 1,075 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Monible. From the municipality surface 1997 1 % related to settlements, 51 % of forest and woody plants and 48% to agriculture.

To Monible include several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Monible are Rebévelier, Châtelat and Sornetan in the canton of Bern and Undervelier in the canton of Jura.

Population

With 36 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Monible is the smallest canton of Bern community and one of the ten smallest municipalities of Switzerland. Of the 88.6% inhabitants are French-speaking and German-speaking 11.4 % (as of 2000). The population of Monible amounted in 1850 to 132 residents in 1900 to 72 inhabitants. After another striking decrease in depression was established in 1960 with 27 people reached. Since then, a slight increase in population was recorded.

Economy

Monible living from agriculture, mainly dairy farming and cattle breeding are of importance in the vicinity of the houses are also fruit trees. Outside the primary sector there are no jobs in the village.

Traffic

The community is located off the major thoroughfares, above the main road that leads to the Delémont in Lower Court of Tavannes via Bellelay by the Pichoux Gorge. Monible has no connection to the public transport network. The next stop of the Postbus course Tavannes - Lajoux -Les Genevez located in Bellelay.

History

The village was under until the end of the 18th century, the provost Moutier- Grandval. From 1797 to 1815 Monible 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 of Moutier.

Attractions

The location and the townscape of Monible remember from the main road seen in a Provencal mountain village. The structural fabric of the relatively small farms from the 18th and 19th centuries.