Movelier

Movelier

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Jura Law (JU)
District :	Delémontw
BFS no. :	6718i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	2812
Coordinates :	590 901 / 251090 coordinates: 47 ° 24 '38 " N , 7 ° 19' 5" O ; CH1903: 590,901 / 25109047.41056 7.318068 690
Height :	690 m above sea level M.
Height range :	562–871 m above sea level M.
Area :	8.08 km²
Residents:	422 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	52 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.movelier.ch
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Movelier is a municipality in the Delémont district in the canton of Jura in Switzerland . The former German name Moderswiler is no longer used today.

geography

Movelier is 690 m above sea level. M. , 5 km north-northwest of the canton capital Delémont (air line). The former street row village is located in a high hollow in the hilly landscape of the northern Jura , near the border with France .

The area of the 8.01 km² municipal area includes the hollow in which the settlement is located. In the north the area extends to the range of hills of the Haute Aibaiteuse ( 858 m above sea level ), which is bordered in the west by the Bavelier valley and in the east by the valley of the Bösenbach . The western boundary is the height of the Toré ( 835 m above sea level ). The southern part of the municipality is covered by the incised valley Combe de Movelier , which is flanked on its southern side by the ridge of the Ordon . In the east, Movelier extends into the forest areas of La Joux ( 800 m above sea level ) and Hasenschell , which is 870 m above sea level. M. represents the highest point of the municipality. The southern part of the municipality is drained to the Birs , the northern part initially to the Lucelle (German Lützel , a left tributary of the Birs). In 1997, 4% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 50% by forests and trees and 46% by agriculture.

Several individual farms belong to Movelier. Neighboring communities to Movelier are Soyhières , Mettembert , Pleigne and Ederswiler in the canton of Jura and Roggenburg in the canton of Basel-Landschaft .

population

With 422 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Movelier is one of the smaller communities in the canton of Jura. 76.4% of the residents are French-speaking and 22.8% German-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Movelier was 386 in 1850, compared to 272 in 1900. In the course of the 20th century, a significant increase in the number of inhabitants was registered again, so that the place had 386 people at the end of 2009, again as in 1850.

economy

The community is still dominated by agriculture, but has also developed into a residential village in recent decades. There are few jobs outside of the agricultural sector in the village. Many employees (around 50%) are therefore commuters and work mainly in the Delémont region.

traffic

Movelier is located away from the larger thoroughfares; the regional road that runs through the town connects Delémont with the French Ferrette in Alsace . The village is connected to public transport by the Delémont - Roggenburg bus line .

history

The village is first mentioned in 1188 as Moderswilre , which is probably derived from the Germanic personal name Modhari . Movelier was one of the 13 free villages in the Delsberg domain. The community belonged to the Counts of Thierstein as a fief between 1389 and 1454 , after which it came to the Principality of Basel . From the 16th century, most of the municipality was owned by the Lucelle monastery . From 1793 to 1815 Movelier belonged to France and was initially part of the Département du Mont-Terrible , from 1800 connected 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. In the major fire of September 25, 1865, the rectory and 12 other houses were affected.

Attractions

Movelier Parish Church

The original construction of the parish church dates from 1591. The church was rebuilt in 1734, renovated in 1899 and at the end of the 20th century; the rectory was built in 1812. In the center there are still some old farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries.