Court BE

BE is the abbreviation for the canton of Bern in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Court .

Court

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bernese Juraw
BFS no. :	0690i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	2738
Coordinates :	592 294 / 232080 coordinates: 47 ° 14 '23 " N , 7 ° 20' 13" O ; CH1903: 592,294 / 23208047.23959 7.33686 667
Height :	667 m above sea level M.
Height range :	632-1404 m above sea level M.
Area :	24.61 km²
Residents:	1420 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	58 inhabitants per km²
Mayor :	Jean-Luc Niederhauser ( FDP )
Website:	www.court.ch
Court from the southeast
Location of the municipality
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Court is a municipality in the Bernese Jura administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland .

geography

Court is 666 m above sea level. M. , 5 km southwest of Moutier (air line). The former street line village stretches in the chain Jura , on both sides of the Birs , in the eastern part of the Juralängstal Vallée de Tavannes , at the point where the Birs leaves the valley basin to the north through the Klus von Court (French Gorges de Court ).

The area of the 24.6 km² municipal area comprises the easternmost section of the Vallée de Tavannes basin, which is bordered in the north by the anticlines of Mont Girod ( 1045 m above sea level ) and Graitery ( 1280 m above sea level ). Between these two heights, the Birs has created a characteristic Juraklus (breakthrough valley through an anticline), which has 400 to 600 m high valley flanks criss-crossed by limestone cliffs and provides an optimal view of the stratification structure of the Graitery chain. To the south, the municipality extends to the ridge of the Montoz chain, the northern slope of which is densely forested ( Envers de Montoz ). Here is on a ridge west of the Grenchenberg with 1405 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of court. On the ridges of Mont Girod, Graitery and Montoz are the typical Jura high pastures with large spruce trees standing individually or in groups . To the east, the area includes the valley of the Chaluet stream , which flows into the Birs below Court, just before the entrance to the Klus. In 1997, 4% of the municipal area was settled, 61% forest and woodland, 34% agriculture and a little less than 1% was unproductive land.

Court includes the Les Condemines settlement ( 670 m above sea level ) on the Chaluet stream east of Court, as well as numerous individual farms. Neighboring municipalities of Court are Romont , Sorvilier , Champoz , Moutier and Eschert in the canton of Bern and Gänsbrunnen , Selzach and Grenchen in the canton of Solothurn .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1850	581
1900	1,082
1910	1,207
1930	1'200
1950	1,355
1960	1,493
1970	1,550
1980	1,480
1990	1,396
2000	1,349

With 1420 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Court is one of the larger municipalities of the Bernese Jura . 89.1% of the residents are French-speaking, 6.6% German-speaking and 1.0% Portuguese-speaking (as of 2000). Court's population increased sharply, especially around 1900. After a peak around 1970, an overall downward trend has been recorded since then.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 51.9%, SP 18.3%, FDP 7.6%, BDP 5.2%, EVP 4.7%, GPS 3.2%, CVP 2.8 %, EDU 2.3%, PdA 2.2% glp 1.0%.

economy

Already at the end of the Middle Ages , in addition to agricultural activity, smelting furnaces were operated in Court , in which iron from the ore mines in the area was processed. There were also four glassworks in the valley of the Chaluet brook from 1658 to 1738 . At the end of the 19th century, Court developed into an industrial community specializing in watchmaking and machine manufacturing. These two branches of industry are still the most important in the village today, but there are also numerous smaller businesses.

traffic

Court train station

The community has good transport links. It is located on the busy main road from Delémont to Tavannes . The A16 motorway, completed in 2017, leads through the Vallée de Tavannes and connects the Swiss national road network with the French motorway network. On December 16, 1876, the railway line from Court to Tavannes was inaugurated, followed by May 24, 1877 through the Gorges de Court to Moutier .

history

Depiction of the Birs in the Gorges de Court from 1802

Aerial photo (1947)

Court was first mentioned in writing in 1148 under the name Cort , in 1179 the name Curt appears . The village was under the Moutier-Grandval provost until the end of the 18th century . From 1797 to 1815 Court belonged to France and was initially part of the Mont-Terrible department , which was linked to the Haut-Rhin department in 1800 . By the decision of the Congress of Vienna , the place came to the canton of Bern to the district of Moutier in 1815 . 1996-1998 excavations were carried out in a side valley of the Birs west of Court, which unearthed the deserted settlements of the former village of Minvilier (or Mévilier). This village was inhabited from the 12th to the 15th century and was then probably abandoned as a result of a plague epidemic .

Attractions

The Gorges de Court seen from the south with the hiking trail, Birs, main road and railway.

Today's reformed village church was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1861–1864 . Court belonged to the parish of Minvilier until the village was abandoned. Later a church was built in Vélé between Sorvilier and Court, the cemetery of which still exists. Since then Court and Sorvilier have formed a parish. The Hôtel de l'Ours dates from around 1800 and was restored after a fire in 1985.

In the Gorges de Court ( Klus in the direction of Moutier) there is a natural forest area. The area has not been used for 50 years since 2000, but has been left to nature. The steep area can be easily viewed from a hiking trail along the Birs.