Réclère
Réclère (French [ ʀɛ̝klɛ̝ʀ ], in local dialect [(a) reʃer ] ) is a village and a former municipality in the district of the Swiss canton of Jura Porrentruy and is now the suburb of the town of Haute- Ajoie.
Geography
Réclère is located on 590 m above sea level. M., 12 km west-southwest of the district town Porrentruy (air line). The former street lines on the northern side of the valley village stretches a valley at the northern foot of the Jura range Lomont, west of the Ajoie ( German Elsgau ).
The area of 6.2 km ² large former municipal area comprises one kilometers wide high valley of Réclère showing no above-ground rivers. In the north, the valley of the rolling hills of Perchet (664 m above sea level. M. ) and La Clef ( 644 m above sea level. M. ) is limited. To the south, the municipality submitted to the crest of here relatively low Lomont the Réclère separates the valley of the Doubs. The highest point of Réclère is on the Waldhöhe La Montagne 790 m above sea level. M. reached. From the municipality surface 1997 4 % came from settlements, 39 % of forest and woody plants and 57% to agriculture.
To Réclère include several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Réclère were Damvant, Grand Fontaine and Roche -d'Or in the Canton of Jura and Vaufrey in neighboring France.
Population
With 191 inhabitants ( end of 2007) was Réclère to the small municipalities of the canton of Jura. Of the residents, 84% are French and 16% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Réclère amounted in 1850 to 321 inhabitants and 1900 to 362 inhabitants. Due to high levels of emigration, the population has declined significantly during the 20th century.
Economy
Réclère is still predominantly coined by farming village. Even the local small businesses and the tourism facilities offer some jobs. However, many of the working population commuters and work in the region Porrentruy.
Traffic
The former municipality is situated on the main road of Porrentruy over the border crossing of Damvant to Pont -de- Roide in France. A side road leads over the Lomont in the Doubs Valley after Vaufrey. By Postbus course, which runs on the track of Porrentruy to Damvant, Réclère is connected to public transport.
History
His first mention of the village is around 1150 as Resclires; The name is likely a variant of the public domain county union word çhériere / ECHE / Reche be clearing '. 1283 Réclère came under the rule of Roche- d'Or. From the 16th to the 18th century it belonged to Meier Chevenez office, which was a function of the Prince-Bishopric of Basel. 1766 were numerous houses a village destroyed by fire. Between 1793 and 1815 Réclère 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 community came in 1815 to the Canton of Bern, on 1 January 1979, finally, to the newly formed Canton of Jura. On 1 January 2009, she was united with Chevenez, Damvant and Roche -d'Or to the new community Haute- Ajoie.
Attractions
The parish church of Saint- Germain- et- Protais was built in 1860 in neo-classical style; the glass windows date from 1969. Réclère until 1802 belonged to the parish Damvant. Opposite the church is erected in the early 20th century schoolhouse. In the center numerous characteristic farmhouses with Bogenscheunentor from the 19th century are still preserved.
A special attraction is the cave of Réclère ( Grottes de Réclère ). The cave end of the 19th century discovered is now accessible to tourists and can be visited on a 1.5 km long cave walk. Another tourist attraction is the prehistoric park at Réclère. On a path through the forest one can follow the evolution of animals from fish about dinosaurs to mammals based on more than 30 replicas in the original size.
Gallery
Schoolhouse
Personalities
- Eugène Lachat (1819-1886), Bishop of Basel