Fahy

Fahy, 1981-2010
Climate diagram
	Temperature in ° C , precipitation in mm
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Fahy

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Jura Law (JU)
District :	Porrentruyw
BFS no. :	6789i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	2916
UN / LOCODE :	CH FHY
Coordinates :	563 233 / 252187 coordinates: 47 ° 25 '10 " N , 6 ° 57' 5" O ; CH1903: 563,233 / 25218747.419454 6.951402 567
Height :	567 m above sea level M.
Height range :	555–613 m above sea level M.
Area :	7.78 km²
Residents:	350 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	45 inhabitants per km²
Website:	fahy.ch
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Fahy is a municipality in the Porrentruy district in the canton of Jura in Switzerland .

geography

Fahy lies at 567 m above sea level. M. , 9 km west of the district capital Porrentruy (air line). The farming village on the border with France extends on the plateau of the Table Jura in the west of the Ajoie (German Elsgau ).

The surface of the 7.8 km² municipal area includes the slightly undulating, karstified high plateau of the Ajoie, which shows no surface rivers. The northern part of the area is partially forested ( Bois Juré and Bois de la Manche ). At the height of Sur l'Epenatte is at 607 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation in the community. In 1997, 9% of the municipal area was settlements, 26% forest and woodland, 57% agriculture and around 8% was unproductive land belonging to the Bure arsenal.

Several individual farms belong to Fahy. Neighboring communities of Fahy are Grandfontaine , Haute-Ajoie and Bure in the canton of Jura and Abbévillers and Croix in neighboring France .

Climate table

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Fahy, 1981–2010

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	3.6	4.7	8.8	12.6	16.9	20.3	23.0	22.6	18.0	13.6	7.7	4.5	O	13.1
Min. Temperature (° C)	−2.3	−1.9	1.1	3.7	7.7	10.7	12.9	12.8	9.6	6.2	1.4	−1.1	O	5.1
Temperature (° C)	0.7	1.4	4.9	8.0	12.2	15.4	17.8	17.4	13.6	9.7	4.5	1.7	O	9

Precipitation ( mm )	67	66	80	82	118	100	92	105	100	101	87	91	Σ	1,089

Hours of sunshine ( h / d )	2.0	2.9	3.7	5.0	5.6	6.7	7.5	6.9	5.0	3.5	2.3	1.6	O	4.4

Rainy days ( d )	11.4	10.5	11.8	11.0	13.5	11.5	10.7	10.3	9.9	11.8	11.5	12.4	Σ	136.3

Humidity ( % )	83	79	73	71	74	74	72	73	79	82	84	84	O	77.3

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population

With 350 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Fahy is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Jura. 95.6% of the residents are French-speaking, 1.8% German-speaking and 1.5% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Fahy was 549 in 1850, and 492 in 1900. Thereafter there were only minor changes until 1970 (501 inhabitants). Since then there has been a significant decrease.

economy

Fahy was a predominantly agricultural village until around 1950 . Since then, several companies have settled here, including Peugeot , which is responsible for the entire import of Peugeot vehicles into Switzerland. There are other jobs in the manufacture of watches , in the mechanical, textile and food industries as well as in border trade. Thanks to the fertile soil, agriculture is still of great importance today.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is located on the main road from Porrentruy via the border crossing Fahy to Montbéliard in France. Fahy is connected to public transport through a postbus course to Porrentruy.

history

Aerial photo (1950)

The place is first mentioned in 1177 as Fahyl , in 1483 the spelling Fahyt appears . The place name is derived from the Latin word fagus ( beech ). In 1461 Fahy came to the Principality of Basel . During the Burgundian Wars , the village was almost completely leveled twice in 1474 and 1475. From the 16th to the 18th century the village was under the Meieramt Bure . From 1793 to 1815 Fahy belonged to France and was initially part of the Département du Mont-Terrible , from 1800 it was linked to the Département Haut-Rhin . By decision of the Congress of Vienna , the place came to the canton of Bern in 1815 and on January 1, 1979 to the newly founded canton of Jura.

Attractions

Fahy belonged to the parish of Grandfontaine until 1802 , after which the Saint-Pierre church, built in 1787-88, was elevated to a parish church. In the center of the village there are some characteristic Haute-Ajoie farmhouses from the 19th century. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the water was extracted using a draw well.