Haute-Sorne

Haute-Sorne

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Jura Law (JU)
District :	Delémont
BFS no. :	6729i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	2853 Courfaivre 2854 Bassecourt 2855 Glovelier 2863 Undervelier 2864 Soulce
Coordinates :	585 430 / 243133 coordinates: 47 ° 20 '20 " N , 7 ° 14' 45" O ; CH1903: 585,430 / 24313347.338894 7.24584 477
Height :	477 m above sea level M.
Height range :	442–1169 m above sea level M.
Area :	71.04 km²
Residents:	6987 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	98 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.haute-sorne.ch
The Sorne in Bassecourt
Location of the municipality
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Haute-Sorne is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Jura that was created on January 1, 2013 . The municipality of Haute-Sorne is in Bassecourt .

It was formed through the merger of the previously independent communities of Bassecourt, Courfaivre , Glovelier , Soulce and Undervelier . In the vote on February 5, 2012, the voters of the named five out of a total of seven municipalities polled spoke in favor of the merger; Boécourt and Saulcy refused to merge .

The name Haute-Sorne is derived from the Sorne river , which flows through the region, and follows the example of the municipality of Basse-Allaine , which was founded on January 1st, 2009 . Haute-Sorne was already well established as a name; A football club from the region, the joint secondary school, the fire brigade and the local Raiffeisen bank use this place name.

Attractions

literature

Editor: Haute-Sorne. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

Commons : Haute-Sorne - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
↑ Results of the vote on February 5, 2012 (PDF; 15 kB)

Historic aerial view, front to back: Glovelier, Bassecourt, Courfaivre (1953)

[1] Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

[2] Results of the vote on February 5, 2012 (PDF; 15 kB)