Vicques, Switzerland
Vicques was a municipality in the district Delémont the canton of Jura in Switzerland. The former German name Wix is no longer used today. On January 1, 2013, it merged with the municipalities Montsevelier and surveying the new municipality of Val Terbi.
Geography
Vicques is located on 455 m above sea level. M., 6 km east-southeast from the cantonal capital Delémont ( straight line ). The former street line village extends Val Terbi, the eastern part of the basin Dels Berger, a broad valley in the Jura folds.
The area of 12.9 km ² large municipality territory, which includes in its central part a portion of the intensively farmed level of Dels Berger pelvis on both sides of scolding Bach (French Schelten ). In the north, the area extends to the densely forested Jura chain of Fringelikette. Here is located 947 m above sea level. M. the highest point of the municipality. To the south the municipal area extends to the Rosé (807 m above sea level. M. ) and the Moton ( 797 m above sea level. M. ), both of which belong to the northern edge fold of the Mont- Raimeux chain. In this fold of Bach Gabiare has in the southeast of the area, the Tiergarten Gorge, a typical Jura transverse valley buried. The municipal area is drained by the scolding creek west to the Birs. From the municipality surface 1997 7 % was attributable to settlements, 47 % of forest and woody plants and 46% to agriculture.
To Vicques the site include Recolaine ( German Riklingen ), 461 m above sea level. M. at the mouth of a side stream flows into the scolding Bach, as well as numerous individual farms. Neighboring communities of Vicques are Courchapoix, Vermes, Rebeuvelier and Courroux in the Canton of Jura and Bärschwil in the canton of Solothurn.
Population
With 1795 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Vicques one of the larger municipalities in the canton of Jura. Of the 93.8 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking 3.3 % and 1.0 Italian-speaking (as of 2000). Especially since 1980, the population of Vicques has grown rapidly in the wake of the near Delémont.
Economy
The community has long been dominated mainly by agriculture. In addition, but also the construction, mechanical operations and a sawmill in Vicques have settled. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers ( about 50 %) are commuters and work in the near Delémont.
Traffic
The community is conveniently comparatively quite well developed. It lies on the road from Delémont over the Scheltenpass to Balsthal. The bus Delémont - Montsevelier guarantees the connectivity of Vicques and Recolaine to public transport.
History
The community Vicques can look back on a long tradition of settlement. During Roman times, here was a large estate. First mention of the village is 866 as Vicum, which was derived from the Latin word vicus ( spots). Later, the names Vich ( 1141 ), Vix ( 1308), Vic ( 1317 ), Vicq ( 1435 ) and Vick ( 1443 ) were carried out. The Mill of Vicques belonged to the pin Moutier- Grandval. As one of the 13 villages of the free reign Delsberg came Vicques 1271 to Prince-Bishopric of Basel. Between 1793 and 1815 it 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 and on 1 January 1979 at the newly founded Canton Jura.
Currently planning the municipalities of Val Terbi (that is Corban, Courchapoix, Courroux, Mervelier, Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques ) a merger, which is scheduled for the end of 2012 about.
Attractions
In the village is the modern church of Notre -Dame du Rosaire, which was built in 1959-61 on the site of a temple from the 18th century, the inhabitants of Vicques had to do some drudgery. The building consists of a triangular hall, which was constructed of prestressed concrete; the stained glass windows are from Bernard Schorderet. In the village center and some characteristic farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved. At the edge of the village is an observatory.
Pictures
Catholic church of Notre -Dame du Rosaire
Chapel of Recolaine
Old Schoolhouse