Vicques JU

JU is the abbreviation for the canton of Jura in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Vicques .

Vicques

State :

Switzerland

Canton :

Law (JU)

District :

Delémont

Municipal municipality :

Val Terbi

Postal code :

2824

former BFS no. :

6727

Coordinates :

597 922 / 244350 coordinates: 47 ° 21 '0 " N , 7 ° 24' 40" O ; CH1903: 597,922 / 244350

Height :

455 m above sea level M.

Area :

12.75 km²

Residents:

1795 (December 31, 2012)

Population density :

141 inhabitants per km²

Website:

www.vicques.ch

map

Parish before the merger on January 1, 2013

Vicques was a municipality in the Delémont district in the canton of Jura in Switzerland . The former German name Wix is no longer used today. On January 1, 2013, it merged with the municipalities of Montsevelier and Vermes to form the new municipality of Val Terbi .

geography

Vicques is 455 m above sea level. M. , six kilometers east-southeast of the canton capital Delémont (linear distance ). The former street line village extends in the Val Terbi, the eastern part of the Delsberg basin , a broad depression in the Jura .

The area of the 12.9 km² large municipal area includes in its central part a section of the intensely agriculturally used plain of the Delsberg basin on both sides of the Scheltenbach ( La Scheulte in French ). In the north the area extends to the densely forested Jura ridge of the Fringelikette. Here is at 947 m above sea level. M. the highest point in the municipality. To the south, the municipal area extends to the Rosé ( 807 m above sea level ) and the Moton ( 797 m above sea level ), both of which belong to a northern fold of the Mont Raimeux chain . The Gabiare dug the Tiergarten Gorge, a typical Jurassic ridge , into this fold in the extreme southeast of the area . The community area is drained from the Scheltenbach west to the Birs . In 1997, 7% of the municipal area was accounted for by settlements, 47% for forests and trees and 46% for agriculture.

Vicques include the place Recolaine (German Riklingen ), 461 m above sea level. M. at the mouth of a side stream in the Scheltenbach, as well as numerous individual farms. Vicques' neighboring municipalities are Courchapoix , Vermes , Courrendlin and Courroux in the canton of Jura and Bärschwil in the canton of Solothurn .

population

Population development
year	Residents
1850	530
1900	488
1910	655
1930	767
1950	839
1960	938
1970	1108
1980	1196
1990	1392
2000	1608

With 1795 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2012) Vicques was one of the larger municipalities in the canton of Jura. 93.8% of the residents are French-speaking, 3.3% German-speaking and 1.0 Italian-speaking (as of 2000). Especially since 1980, the population of Vicques has grown strongly in the wake of the nearby Delémont.

economy

For a long time the community was mainly characterized by agriculture . In addition, the construction industry, mechanical companies and a sawmill have settled in Vicques. In the last few decades the village has developed into a residential community. Many workers (around 50%) are commuters and work in nearby Delémont.

traffic

The community is very well developed in terms of transport. It is located on the road from Delémont over the Schelten Pass to Balsthal . The Delémont - Montsevelier bus line guarantees the connection of Vicques and Recolaine to public transport.

history

Aerial photo (1955)

The municipality of Vicques can look back on a long tradition of settlement. During the Roman period there was a large estate here . The village was first mentioned in 866 as Vicum , which was derived from the Latin word vicus ( spots ). Later the names Vich (1141), Vix (1308), Vic (1317), Vicq (1435) and Vick (1443) followed. The Vicques mill belonged to the Moutier-Grandval monastery . As one of the 13 free villages of the Delsberg rule, Vicques came to the duchy of Basel in 1271. From 1793 to 1815 it 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.

The municipalities of Val Terbi (these are Corban , Courchapoix , Courroux , Mervelier , Montsevelier , Vermes and Vicques) are currently planning a merger, which should take place at the end of 2012.

Attractions

In the village is the modern Church of Notre-Dame du Rosaire, which was built in 1959-61 on the site of an 18th century church, with the residents of Vicques having to do partial labor. The building consists of a triangular hall constructed from prestressed concrete; the stained glass windows are by Bernard Schorderet. In the village center there are some characteristic farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries. There is an observatory on the edge of the village.