Goumois JU

JU is the abbreviation for the canton of Jura in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Goumois .

Goumois

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Law (JU)

District :

Franches-Montagnes

Municipal municipality :

Saignelégier

Postal code :

2354

former BFS no. :

6749

Coordinates :

563.23 thousand / 234737 coordinates: 47 ° 15 '45 " N , 6 ° 57' 10" O ; CH1903: five hundred and sixty-three thousand two hundred and thirty / 234737

Height :

493 m above sea level M.

Area :

8.54 km²

Residents:

83 (December 31, 2007)

Population density :

10 inhabitants per km²

Goumois on the Swiss side

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Parish before the merger on January 1st, 2009

Goumois was until December 31, 2008 a municipality in the Franches-Montagnes district of the canton of Jura in Switzerland .

With effect from January 1, 2009, it merged with Les Pommerats and Saignelégier to form the municipality of Saignelégier .

geography

Goumois is 493 m above sea level. M. , three kilometers west of the district capital Saignelégier (straight line). The border village lies on the right bank of the Doubs in a canyon-like valley cut into the Jura .

The area of the 8.5 km² former municipal area comprises the right eastern valley slope of the Doubs, which flows from south to north here. This slope exists on the terraces with meadows, otherwise mostly wooded and crisscrossed by numerous rock walls and ridges. The southern boundary was on the Arête des Sommêtres , a little north of the village rises the striking Longue Roche . The northern part of the former municipality area is taken up by the valley of the Vautenaivre stream, framed by the Bois Banal ( 875 m above sea level ) in the south, the rocky outcrop of Château Cugny ( 829 m above sea level ) in the east and the Beaugourd ( 811 m above sea level ) m above sea level ) in the north. The western border with France has always been the course of the Doubs. The highest point of Goumois was around 900 m above sea level. In 1997, 2% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 70% by forests and woodlands, 26% by agriculture and a little less than 2% was unproductive land.

The hamlets of Belfond ( 617 m above sea level ) and Vautenaivre ( 640 m above sea level ), both on terraces on the eastern slope of the Doubs, as well as several individual farms, belonged to the municipality of Goumois . Neighboring municipalities of Goumois were in the canton of Jura Les Pommerats (6.3 km) and Muriaux (9.5 km) in the east, Le Noirmont (13.6 km) in the south and in France Charmauvillers (8 km) in the southwest, the municipality of the same name Goumois to the left of the Doubs and Fessevillers to the west.

population

With 83 inhabitants (at the end of 2007) Goumois was one of the smallest municipalities in the canton of Jura. 75.3% of the residents are French-speaking, 7.6% German-speaking and 3.2% speak Serbo-Croatian (as of 2000). The population of Goumois was 262 in 1850 and 228 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century it has decreased significantly.

economy

Goumois is a predominantly agricultural village with dairy farming , cattle breeding and some arable farming . There are other jobs in the tourism sector, in local small businesses and in border trade. Some workers work abroad.

traffic

Goumois is located on the cantonal road that leads from Saignelégier via the border crossing from Goumois to Maîche in France. The village is connected to public transport by the postbus course from Tramelan via Saignelégier to Goumois.

history

Goumois was first mentioned in 1177 under the name Gamoensis ecclesia , which was probably derived from the Germanic personal name Godemod . The village was under the priory of Lanthenans and in 1247 passed to the Counts of Mömpelgard ( Montbéliard ). Since the 14th century Goumois belonged to the dominion of Franquemont , which was conquered by the Prince-Bishop of Basel in 1474, but was still disputed between the Prince-Bishopric of Basel and France until 1780 . From 1793 to 1815 Goumois belonged to France and was initially part of the Département du Mont-Terrible , from 1800 connected to the Département Haut-Rhin . As a result of the decision of the Congress of Vienna , the district to the right of the Doubs came to the Canton of Bern in 1815 . As a result of a federal referendum on September 24, 1978, Goumois came to the newly founded Canton of Jura on January 1, 1979. After the electorate approved the merger proposal on June 26, 2007, Goumois, Les Pommerats and Saignelégier merged with effect from January 1, 2009 to form the new municipality of Saignelégier.

On June 20, 1940 , around 43,000 soldiers crossed the Doubs near Goumois and were disarmed and interned by the Swiss Army.

Attractions

Coat of arms over the Doubs

Remnants of the ruins of the Franquemont Castle are still visible. There is a chapel in the hamlet of Belfond. Goumois shares the infrastructure with the French Goumois: the village church is on the French side on the slope above the village, while the school is on Swiss soil.

Others

The natural, water-bearing cave of Theusseret , approx. 200 m from the former power station, was the scene of a large-scale rescue operation in 1986 to free the people trapped by the water. In 2001, eight people had to be freed from the nearby Grotte du Bief Paroux on the French side of the Doubs.

Web links

Commons : Goumois JU - collection of images, videos and audio files

Claude Rebetez: Goumois. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .