Reconvilier

Reconvilier

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton Bern Bern (BE)
Administrative district :	Bernese Juraw
BFS no. :	0703i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	2732
Coordinates :	583 614 / 231 711 coordinates: 47 ° 14 '10 " N , 7 ° 13' 20" O ; CH1903: 583 614 / two hundred and thirty-one thousand seven hundred eleven47.236116 7.222229 731
Height :	731 m above sea level M.
Height range :	719–1312 m above sea level M.
Area :	8.25 km²
Residents:	2317 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	281 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.reconvilier.ch
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Reconvilier is a municipality in the Bernese Jura administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . The former German name Rokwiler is no longer used today.

geography

Reconvilier is 731 m above sea level. M. , 13 km west-southwest of the village of Moutier (air line) and 11 km north of Biel / Bienne . The village extends in the lowland of the Birs , in the wide basin of the Juralängstals Vallée de Tavannes .

The area of the 8.2 km² municipal area covers a section of the western part of the Vallée de Tavannes, which is 3 km wide at Reconvilier. Between the rivers of the Birs and the left tributary Trame are several small hills, including the Haut de Spont ( 828 m above sea level ) and the Châtillon ( 822 m above sea level ). In the far west, the area extends in a narrow corner into the Forêt de Chaindon . Birsniederung south of the municipal area extends up to the Jura chain of Montoz which flanked the entire Vallee de Tavannes on its south side. At the height of the Montoz is 1312 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Reconvilier. In 1997, 12% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 42% for forests and woodlands and 46% for agriculture.

Reconvilier includes the hamlet of Chaindon ( 769 m above sea level ) on a protrusion of the Haut de Spont west of the village as well as several individual farms. Reconvilier's neighboring municipalities are Tavannes , Saicourt , Saules , Loveresse , Valbirse and Péry-La Heutte .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1850	361
1900	1730
1910	2139
1930	2133
1950	2397
1960	2567
1970	2784
1980	2410
1990	2369
2000	2417

With 2317 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), Reconvilier is one of the large municipalities of the Bernese Jura . 82.7% of the residents are French-speaking, 6.9% German-speaking and 3.0% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Reconvilier increased significantly, especially in the second half of the 19th century. After peaking in 1970, the decade saw a decline of 13% as a result of the economic crisis. Since 1980 the population has been commuting in the range of 2400 people.

politics

The voting shares of the parties in the 2015 National Council election were: SVP 43.7%, SP 20.8%, FDP 8.2%, EPP 6.0%, BDP 5.7%, EDU 5.5%, GPS 4.8 %, PdA 1.5%, Philipp Jutzi 1.1%, glp 1.0%, CVP 0.9%.

economy

former Reconvilier local authority

Reconvilier was an agricultural village until the middle of the 19th century , after which it quickly developed into an industrial community. Today only 3% of the employed work in agriculture. With industrialization , machine and watch factories settled in the village. The Boillat foundry has played an important role since 1855, and the plant, which today belongs to the non-ferrous metal group Baoshida Swissmetal, offers around 400 jobs. In February 2006, Reconvilier was the center of a labor dispute that was extraordinarily violent by Swiss standards over the planned closure of the foundry.

In Reconvilier there is an important agricultural market on the first Monday of September, the so-called Foire de Chaindon .

traffic

The community has good transport links. It is located on the busy main road from Delémont to Tavannes. By 2015, the A16 motorway is to be built in the Vallée de Tavannes, which will connect the Swiss national road network with the French motorway network. The Reconvilier and Tavannes bypass is expected to open around 2012. On December 16, 1876, the Court to Tavannes railway was inaugurated with a station in Reconvilier. The village is also served by the bus route from Tavannes via Bellelay to Lajoux and Les Genevez .

history

Aerial photo (1949)

As early as Roman times , an important road led from Aventicum ( Avenches ) over the pass from Pierre Pertuis to Augusta Raurica , which also crossed the municipality of Reconvilier. The village is one of the oldest in the Vallée de Tavannes. It was first mentioned in writing as early as 884 under the name Roconis villare as a property of the Moutier-Grandval Abbey. The names Roconovillare (962) and Reconwilier (1181) appear later ; There are also several German forms of name passed down: Reckwiler , Rokwiler and Rogwiler . The place name probably goes back to the Germanic personal name Roca .

Reconvilier was donated to Bellelay Abbey in 1225 . On April 12, 1777, a village fire destroyed numerous houses. From 1797 to 1815 Reconvilier belonged to France and was initially part of the Mont-Terrible department , which was linked to the Haut-Rhin department in 1800 . By the decision of the Congress of Vienna , the place came to the canton of Bern to the district of Moutier in 1815 .

Attractions

The current structure of the Reformed Parish Church of Chaindon was built in 1739. It stands on the foundations of the medieval predecessor building of the Saint-Léonard chapel mentioned in 962. The church, renovated between 1924 and 1926, has a valuable organ from 1850 and a bell from Bellelay Abbey. Until 1928 Tavannes and Reconvilier formed the parish of Tavannes-Chaindon, since then the parish has been called Reconvilier-Chaindon. The schoolhouse with bell tower was built in 1912 in the local style.