Rebévelier

Rebévelier is a predominantly German -speaking municipality in the administrative district in the canton of Bern Bernese Jura in Switzerland. Nevertheless, the former German name Ruppert Wiler is no longer used today.

Geography

Rebévelier is located at 960 m above sea level. Level, 14 kilometers west of the town Moutier (air line). The farming village extends to a slightly inclined to the north slope of the Jura mountains west of Pichoux Gorge, high above the valley basin of Undervelier.

The area of ​​3.5 km ² large municipality territory, which includes the amount of the Jura mountains in the far north- east of the region of the Franches -Montagnes ( German free mountains). The southern boundary extends over the height Prés Jean de Souboz that with 1'075 m above sea level. M. is the highest point of Rebévelier. Here there is an extensive Jura mountain meadows with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups. In the north slope of this chain two streams have buried erosion valleys ( including Les Effondras ). In the far east the area extends to the edge of the Pichoux Gorge. From the municipality surface 1997 1 % related to settlements, 40 % of forest and woody plants and 59% to agriculture.

To Rebévelier heard the hamlet Cerniers de Rebévelier which to 1,030 m above sea level. M. on the crest of the Jura chain. Neighboring communities of Rebévelier are Châtelat and Monible in the canton of Bern and Lajoux, Saulcy and Undervelier in the canton of Jura.

Population

With 45 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Rebévelier is one of the smallest municipalities in the Bernese Jura. The population is about the same size to shares distributed to the two hamlets Rebévelier and Cerniers de Rebévelier. Of the residents 66.7 % are German and 33.3% French-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Rebévelier amounted in 1850 to 112 residents in 1900 to 76 inhabitants. During the 20th century a further decline was recorded.

Economy

Rebévelier still lives by agriculture, with dairy farming and cattle raising predominate. Outside the primary sector there are no jobs in the village.

Traffic

The community is located far away from the major thoroughfares. She can be reached by a spur road that branches off from the main road Bellelay Lajoux. Rebévelier has no connection to the public transport network. The next stop of the Postbus course, which runs from Tavannes via Lajoux to Les Genevez, located in about 2.5 km away Fornet lingerie.

History

His first mention is the village in 1181 under the name Robervilier. The territory of Rebévelier was part of the Bishopric of Basel. Between 1793 and 1815, the village 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 to the District Delémont. As a border town in the district Delémont Rebévelier be decided in the referendum of September 7, 1975 against the creation of the canton of Jura. Rebévelier was thus the only borough, which left in 1976 the district Delémont in the district of Moutier and thus remained with the canton of Bern.

Ecclesiastical Rebévelier belonged to the Reformation the parish Sornetan, then it was assigned to the parish Undervelier, while the hamlet Cerniers de Rebévelier came to the parish Lajoux.