Bressaucourt
title: "Bressaucourt" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["former-municipalities-of-the-canton-of-jura"] topic_path: "general/former-municipalities-of-the-canton-of-jura" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bressaucourt" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox Swiss town"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Bressaucourt |
| municipality_type | former |
| imagepath_coa | Bressaucourt-Blazono.png |
| canton | Jura |
| iso-code-region | CH-JU |
| district | Porrentruy |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 2904 |
| municipality_code | 6776 |
| area | 9.49 |
| elevation | 536 |
| population | 416 |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Chevenez, Courtedoux, Fontenais, Ocourt, Montancy(F) |
| :: |
| subject_name = Bressaucourt | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Bressaucourt-Blazono.png|pixel_coa= | canton = Jura | iso-code-region = CH-JU | district = Porrentruy |coordinates = | postal_code = 2904 | municipality_code = 6776 | area = 9.49 | elevation = 536|elevation_description= | population = 416 |populationof=2010 | website = | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Chevenez, Courtedoux, Fontenais, Ocourt, Montancy(F) | twintowns = |}}
Bressaucourt is a former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Bressaucourt merged into the municipality of Fontenais.
History
Bressaucourt is first mentioned in 1139 as Bersalcurt.
Geography
Before the merger, Bressaucourt had a total area of 9.5 km2.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.9%. Out of the forested land, 50.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 21.6% is used for growing crops and 13.9% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops and 5.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The former municipality is located in the Porrentruy district, on the French border.
Climate
|location =Bressaucourt (1981-2010) |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes | Jan high C = 3.6 | Feb high C = 4.7 | Mar high C = 8.8 | Apr high C = 12.6 | May high C = 16.9 | Jun high C = 20.3 | Jul high C = 23.0 | Aug high C = 22.6 | Sep high C = 18.0 | Oct high C = 13.6 | Nov high C = 7.7 | Dec high C = 4.5 | year high C = 13.0 | Jan mean C = 0.7 | Feb mean C = 1.4 | Mar mean C = 4.9 | Apr mean C = 8.0 | May mean C = 12.2 | Jun mean C = 15.4 | Jul mean C = 17.8 | Aug mean C = 17.4 | Sep mean C = 13.6 | Oct mean C = 9.7 | Nov mean C = 4.5 | Dec mean C = 1.7 | year mean C = 8.9 | Jan low C = -2.3 | Feb low C = -1.9 | Mar low C = 1.1 | Apr low C = 3.7 | May low C = 7.7 | Jun low C = 10.7 | Jul low C = 12.9 | Aug low C = 12.8 | Sep low C = 9.6 | Oct low C = 6.2 | Nov low C = 1.4 | Dec low C = -1.1 | year low C = 5.1 |precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 67 | Feb precipitation mm = 66 | Mar precipitation mm = 81 | Apr precipitation mm = 82 | May precipitation mm = 118 | Jun precipitation mm = 100 | Jul precipitation mm = 93 | Aug precipitation mm = 105 | Sep precipitation mm = 100 | Oct precipitation mm = 101 | Nov precipitation mm = 87 | Dec precipitation mm = 91 | year precipitation mm = 1090 | Jan snow cm = 18.4 | Feb snow cm = 20 | Mar snow cm = 11.5 | Apr snow cm = 1.9 | May snow cm = 0 | Jun snow cm = 0 | Jul snow cm = 0 | Aug snow cm = 0 | Sep snow cm = 0 | Oct snow cm = 0 | Nov snow cm = 6.1 | Dec snow cm = 12 | year snow cm = 69.9 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 11.4 | Feb precipitation days = 10.5 | Mar precipitation days = 11.8 | Apr precipitation days = 11.0 | May precipitation days = 13.5 | Jun precipitation days = 11.5 | Jul precipitation days = 10.7 | Aug precipitation days = 10.3 | Sep precipitation days = 9.9 | Oct precipitation days = 11.8 | Nov precipitation days = 11.5 | Dec precipitation days = 12.4 | year precipitation days = 136.3 |unit snow days = 1.0 cm | Jan snow days = 4.4 | Feb snow days = 4.8 | Mar snow days = 2.6 | Apr snow days = 0.4 | May snow days = 0 | Jun snow days = 0 | Jul snow days = 0 | Aug snow days = 0 | Sep snow days = 0 | Oct snow days = 0 | Nov snow days = 1.3 | Dec snow days = 3.3 | year snow days = 16.8 | Jan humidity = 83 | Feb humidity = 79 | Mar humidity = 73 | Apr humidity = 71 | May humidity = 74 | Jun humidity = 74 | Jul humidity = 72 | Aug humidity = 73 | Sep humidity = 79 | Oct humidity = 82 | Nov humidity = 84 | Dec humidity = 84 | year humidity = 77 | Jan sun = 63 | Feb sun = 81 | Mar sun = 116 | Apr sun = 151 | May sun = 174 | Jun sun = 201 | Jul sun = 233 | Aug sun = 214 | Sep sun = 149 | Oct sun = 108 | Nov sun = 68 | Dec sun = 50 | year sun = 1609 |source 1 = MeteoSwiss {{cite web |url=http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/en/climate/swiss_climate/tabellen.html |title=Climate Norm Value Tables |work=Climate diagrams and normals from Swiss measuring stations |publisher=Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) |accessdate=31 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514205349/http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/en/climate/swiss_climate/tabellen.html |archivedate=14 May 2013 |date=August 2010
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, two Bugle-horns Or Strings interlaced Gules, on a Chief Argent a Dog Gules.
Demographics
Bressaucourt has a population (as of 2010) of 416. , 6.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 6.1%. Migration accounted for 2.5%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.3%.
Most of the population () speaks French (333 or 89.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (29 or 7.8%) and Italian is the third (2 or 0.5%).
, the population was 49.4% male and 50.6% female. The population was made up of 189 Swiss men (45.3% of the population) and 17 (4.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 204 Swiss women (48.9%) and 7 (1.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 127 or about 34.1% were born in Bressaucourt and lived there in 2000. There were 122 or 32.8% who were born in the same canton, while 68 or 18.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 51 or 13.7% were born outside of Switzerland.
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 28.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.4%.
, there were 153 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 172 married individuals, 28 widows or widowers and 19 individuals who are divorced.
, there were 148 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. , the construction rate of new housing units was 9.6 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 3.37%.
The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1080 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:510 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:100 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:20 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1770 from:start till:276 text:"276" bar:1818 from:start till:300 text:"300" bar:1850 from:start till:410 text:"410" bar:1860 from:start till:399 text:"399" bar:1870 from:start till:450 text:"450" bar:1880 from:start till:452 text:"452" bar:1888 from:start till:488 text:"488" bar:1900 from:start till:506 text:"506" bar:1910 from:start till:434 text:"434" bar:1920 from:start till:424 text:"424" bar:1930 from:start till:381 text:"381" bar:1941 from:start till:380 text:"380" bar:1950 from:start till:354 text:"354" bar:1960 from:start till:398 text:"398" bar:1970 from:start till:391 text:"391" bar:1980 from:start till:350 text:"350" bar:1990 from:start till:357 text:"357" bar:2000 from:start till:372 text:"372"
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 50% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (18.37%), the CVP (17.69%) and the SVP (12.24%). In the federal election, a total of 150 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.0%.
Economy
, Bressaucourt had an unemployment rate of 1.2%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 12 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 11 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector. There were 172 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 47.7% of the workforce.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 36. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 15, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 12 of which 6 or (50.0%) were in manufacturing and 6 (50.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 9. In the tertiary sector; 3 or 33.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 22.2% were in education.
, there were 9 workers who commuted into the municipality and 135 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 15.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 7.6% used public transportation to get to work, and 73.3% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 251 or 67.5% were Roman Catholic, while 62 or 16.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church, and there were 8 individuals (or about 2.15% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islamic. There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist. 38 (or about 10.22% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 13 individuals (or about 3.49% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
In Bressaucourt about 118 or (31.7%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 41 or (11.0%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 41 who completed tertiary schooling, 43.9% were Swiss men, 41.5% were Swiss women, 12.2% were non-Swiss men.
The Canton of Jura school system provides two year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend a three or four year optional upper Secondary school followed by some form of Tertiary school or they may enter an apprenticeship.
During the 2009-10 school year, there were no students attending school in Bressaucourt.
, there were 2 students in Bressaucourt who came from another municipality, while 35 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
References
References
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-11-13 {{in lang). de accessed 9 February 2013
- Of this area, {{convert. 3.98. km2. mi2. 5.11. km2. mi2. 0.4. km2. mi2. 0.02. km2. acre. 0.01. km2. acre. de accessed 25 March 2010
- [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-ju053.html Flags of the World.com] {{webarchive. link. (September 12, 2015 accessed 29-December-2011)
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive. link. (January 5, 2016 accessed 9 February 2013)
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008] {{webarchive. link. (June 28, 2010 {{in lang). de accessed 19 June 2010
- [http://www.fistat.ch/extranet/groups/public/documents/documents/4123230.pdf Canton Jura Statistics- Population résidante permanente au 1er janvier 2010, canton du Jura et communes] {{webarchive. link. (April 26, 2012 {{in lang). fr accessed 2 March 2011
- link. (April 9, 2014 {{in lang). de accessed 2 February 2011
- {{HDS. 2979. Bressaucourt
- link. (September 30, 2014 {{in lang). de accessed 29 January 2011
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{webarchive. link. (May 14, 2015 {{in lang). de accessed 28 May 2010
- link. (December 25, 2014 {{in lang). de accessed 28 January 2011
- [https://archive.today/20120804043150/http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb] {{in lang. de accessed 24 June 2010
- EDK/CDIP/IDES. (2010). "Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein".
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::