Vendlincourt

Vendlincourt

State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Jura Law (JU)
District :	Porrentruyw
BFS no. :	6806i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	2943
UN / LOCODE :	CH VEN
Coordinates :	578.13 thousand / 255 818 coordinates: 47 ° 27 '10 " N , 7 ° 8' 55" O ; CH1903: five hundred and seventy-eight thousand one hundred and thirty / 25581847.452783 7.148631 448
Height :	448 m above sea level M.
Height range :	435-541 m above sea level M.
Area :	9.15 km²
Residents:	540 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.vendlincourt.ch
Parish Church of Saint-Léger
Location of the municipality
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Vendlincourt is a municipality in the Porrentruy district in the canton of Jura in Switzerland . The former German name Wendlinsdorf is no longer used today.

geography

Vendlincourt is 448 m above sea level. M. , 7 km northeast of the district capital Porrentruy (air line). The cluster village extends in a hollow in the headwaters of the Vendline stream , in the Ajoie (German Elsgau ).

The area of the 9.1 km² municipal area includes the valley low in the headwaters of the Vendline. In the west, the area extends to the gently undulating, open table Jura plateau of the Ajoie between the Coeuvatte and the Vendline. To the east, the municipality extends into the vast forests of Le Chêtre . The southern section is taken by the heights of Bois Juré , at 541 m above sea level. M. the highest point of Vendlincourt, and Sur la Charmille ( 522 m above sea level ). In 1997, 6% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 38% for forests and woodlands and 56% for agriculture.

Vendlincourt has several individual farms. Neighboring municipalities of Vendlincourt are Bonfol , Damphreux , Coeuve , Alle and La Baroche in the canton of Jura and Levoncourt and Courtavon in neighboring France .

population

With 540 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) Vendlincourt is one of the medium-sized communities in the canton of Jura. 91.7% of the residents are French-speaking, 4.5% German-speaking and 1.6% Italian-speaking (as of 2000). The population of Vendlincourt was 644 in 1850 and 794 in 1900. After that, a significant decrease to 554 people was recorded by 1980. Since then there have only been minor fluctuations.

economy

Vendlincourt is an agricultural village thanks to the fertile soil in the area . A large sawmill offers numerous jobs. Furthermore, a company for the manufacture of watch cases remains from the watch industry, which was important in the 19th century . However, many workers are commuters and work in the Porrentruy region .

traffic

The municipality is located on the cantonal road that runs from Porrentruy to Bonfol and on to Seppois-le-Haut in France. On July 14, 1901, the Porrentruy – Bonfol railway line of the Chemins de fer du Jura was opened with a station in Vendlincourt.

history

Aerial photo (1950)

The village was first mentioned in 1136 as a Wandeleincurt . In 1139 real estate in Wandelencurt was confirmed to the Saint-Ursanne monastery , and later the names Wandelencurtl (1230) and Wendelsdorf (1266) appear. The place name probably goes back to the homestead of a German named Wandalin .

Vendlincourt shared the eventful history of Ajoie, which came to the Principality of Basel for the first time in 1271 . From the 16th to the 18th century, the village was under the Meieramt Coeuve . From 1793 to 1815 Vendlincourt 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 1832 Vendlincourt was occupied for three days by troops from the canton of Bern because the community sided with the clergy who refused to swear the oath on the liberal constitution.

Attractions

The parish church of Saint-Léger was built in 1817 using an older tower; A major renovation took place in 1985–86. Before this church was built, Vendlincourt belonged to the parish of Damphreux until 1619 , then to the parish of Bonfol until 1816 . In the center of the village there are still some characteristic farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries.