Les Genevez

Les Genevez

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Jura Law (JU)
District :	Franches-Montagnesw
BFS no. :	6748i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	2714
Coordinates :	576682 / 234050 coordinates: 47 ° 15 '25 " N , 7 ° 7' 50" O ; CH1903: 576682 / 23405047.256946 7.130563 1035
Height :	1035 m above sea level M.
Height range :	961–1179 m above sea level M.
Area :	13.63 km²
Residents:	502 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.lesgenevez.ch
View from Montbautier to Les Genevez
Location of the municipality
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Les Genevez (JU) is a municipality in the Franches-Montagnes district in the canton of Jura in Switzerland .

geography

Aerial photo (1953)

Les Genevez is 1035 m above sea level. M. , 10 km east of the district capital Saignelégier (air line). The village extends in a slight depression, as well as on the adjacent slopes of the Jura plateau of the eastern Freiberge ( French Freiberge ).

The area of the 13.6 km² municipal area comprises a section of the gently undulating plateau of the Plateaujura, on which boggy, mostly above-ground drainage-free depressions alternate with limestone peaks . Extensive Jura pastures with large spruce trees standing alone or in groups, as well as some forest areas, occupy the western part of Les Genevez. In the north, the area includes the ridge of Les Combes (up to 1093 m above sea level ) with the Les Embreux moorland . To the south, the community area extends up to the height of the Montbautier , which is 1177 m above sea level. M. forms the highest point of Les Genevez. The valley of Bellelay begins to the east of the village and is traversed by the Sorne, which rises in the center of the village . In 1997, 3% of the municipal area was in settlements, 43% in forests and woodlands, 53% in agriculture and a little more than 1% was unproductive land.

Les Genevez includes the hamlets of Le Prédame ( 1005 m above sea level ), Les Vacheries des Genevez ( 1046 m above sea level ), Les Joux ( 1023 m above sea level ) and Les Bois-Rebetez ( 1010 m above sea level). M. ), all located on the plateau of the Freiberg mountains, as well as several individual farms.

Neighboring communities of Les Genevez are Montfaucon and Lajoux in the canton of Jura and Saicourt and Tramelan in the canton of Bern .

population

With 502 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Les Genevez is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the canton of Jura. 94.6% of the residents are French-speaking and 4.7% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Les Genevez was 665 in 1850 and 733 in 1900. Since then it has decreased significantly.

economy

Les Genevez is still a predominantly agricultural village with dairy farming and cattle breeding . In the village there are other jobs in the areas of watchmaking ( Edox ) and handicrafts as well as in local small businesses. Some workers also work abroad in the Tramelan and Tavannes regions .

traffic

The community is located away from the major thoroughfares on a cantonal road from Saignelégier to Bellelay . Les Genevez is served by the bus line from Glovelier to Tramelan and is also connected to Tavannes by a postbus course .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1381 as Les Geneveys . The place name is not derived from a family who emigrated here from Geneva, as is commonly assumed , but from the Latin word juniperus (' juniper ', in French genévrier ). Les Genevez was under the Bellelay Monastery . From 1793 to 1815 the place belonged to France and was initially part of the Mont-Terrible department , from 1800 connected to the Haut-Rhin department . As a result of the decision of the Congress of Vienna , Les Genevez came to the Canton of Bern in the Moutier district in 1815 . The residents of Les Genevez voted in Juraplebisziten always an overwhelming majority for the creation of the Canton of Jura . As a border municipality in the district of Moutier, Les Genevez decided in the referendum of September 7, 1975 in favor of the canton of Jura, transferred to the Franches-Montagnes district in 1976 and joined the newly founded canton of Jura on January 1, 1979.

Attractions

The parish church of Les Genevez stands north of the village. The first construction dates back to 1620. In 1935, the church was rebuilt, including the bell tower of the previous building. The modern church windows by Yves Voirol are from 2003. In a niche to the left of the main entrance is the glass sarcophagus with the mummy of St. Clare. The body of the Roman martyr was embalmed at the time. In the 17th century, the tomb of St. Clare was found in the catacomb of St. Cyriacus . The Swiss guardsman Benoit Bolinger von Menzigen received from Pope Innocent XI. the body of the saint and transported it to Einsiedeln in 1680 . The relic came from Einsiedeln Abbey to Bellelay Abbey in 1683 . During the French Revolution, the body of the saint had to be hidden behind furniture from the revolutionary soldiers. In 1805 the Abbot of Bellelay bequeathed the body of Saint Clare to the church of Les Genevez, where Clare finally found her final resting place.

A former farm from the 16th century now houses the Jura Farm Museum. The museum can be visited on Sunday afternoons or by prior arrangement. Every Friday afternoon, bread is baked in the wood-fired oven in the style of the 17th century. The museum offers an insight into the life of the Jura farmers in the 17th century. The various tools are shown, as well as a watchmaker's workshop and the herbal books of a pastor who lived as a doctor in this house in the 18th century.