Vauffelin
Vauffelin was until December 31, 2013 municipality in the administrative district in the canton of Bern Bernese Jura in Switzerland. The former German name Füglisthal or Cub rings are no longer used today. On 1 January 2014 merged with the former rural community Vauffelin Plagne merged to mammals.
Geography
Vauffelin is located on 707 m above sea level. M., 7 km northeast of Biel (air line). This former farm extends in an arroyo, a synclines, north of the Jura range Bözingen mountain.
The area of 5.9 km ² large municipality territory, which includes in a long narrow strip of the dry valley of Vauffelin, which slopes in the west to the valley of the Suze ( Suze French ). On the west, the area extends in Frinvillier up to the Suze, which forms a valley widening here between the two rift valleys Klus of Rondchâtel the north and the Taubenlochschlucht in the south. To the south, the municipality's territory extends to the crest of the hill Bözingen (up to 974 m above sea level. M. ). In the north Vauffelin enough on the anticline of the Montagne de Romont, on with 1'100 meters above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality is reached. On this ridge are extensive Jura high grazing pastures with the typical tall spruce trees that are either individually or in groups, and scattered some weekend and holiday homes. From the municipality surface 1997 8 % were settlements, 56 % of forest and shrubs, 35 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
To Vauffelin include the place Frinvillier (532 m above sea level. M. ) left the Schüss as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities were up on December 31, 2013 Vauffelin are Orvin, Pery, Plagne, Romont, Pieterlen and Biel.
Population
With 423 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Vauffelin one of the smaller communities of the Bernese Jura. Of the 64.9 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking and 24.7 % 7.4 % speak Albanian (as of 2000). The population of Vauffelin amounted in 1850 to 255 residents in 1900 to 258 inhabitants.
Policy
The voter shares of the parties at the national elections of 2011 were: SVP 27.6 %, SP 22.7 %, GPS 15.9 %, FDP 9.0 %, BDP 6.0 %, EDU 5.8 %, Les Rauraques 4.7 %, SLB 2.4 %, glp 1.7 %, AL 1.5 %, PdA 1.1 %, 0.4 % EPP, CVP 0.1%.
Economy
Vauffelin is still dominated by agriculture, with livestock and dairy farming predominate, near the village there are also farming and fruit trees. More jobs offers local small businesses. In recent decades, Vauffelin has developed into a residential community; on the hillside above the old town center resulted in a new residential district. Many workers are commuters and work in the city of Biel or in the region Grenchen.
Traffic
The community is located off the major thoroughfares on the main road from Frinvillier to Grenchen. By Postbus course, which runs from Biel to Romont, Vauffelin is connected to the network of public transport.
Secondary Schools
In the village there are various sub-sites at the Department of Automotive Engineering of Bern University of Applied Sciences for Technology and computer science, which is headquartered in Biel. Native to Vauffelin are the Laboratory for Electrical Engineering, Laboratory of Mechatronics, the Laboratory of vehicle mechanics and the so-called Dynamic Test Center. The latter test site is located near the headquarters of the Department of Automotive Engineering Biel and is supported by both the private sector and from the above college since its foundation in 1994.
History
The first written mention of Vauffelin under the name Walfelim place in the year 1188; the first German name was Fögenlinsthal ( Valley of the birds). The village belonged until 1797 to rule Erguel, which was under the Bishopric of Basel, where the town Biel from time to time exercised greater influence and in 1530 introduced the Reformation. From 1797 to 1815 Vauffelin 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 Courtelary.
Attractions
Just outside the village is the 1715-16 with the inclusion of a mediaeval chapel built Reformed Church. It was rebuilt in 1900 and fitted with an octagonal tower with its onion dome. In the center a few old farmhouses dating from the 17th and 18th centuries have been preserved.
Above Frinvillier, at the entrance to the Klus of Rondchâtel are visible when Martinsklafter traces of a Roman road.