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Bassecourt
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Bassecourt
Total population
3,492
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Bassecourt is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Bassecourt, Courfaivre, Glovelier, Soulce and Undervelier merged to form the new municipality of Haute-Sorne.
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History
Bassecourt is first mentioned in 1160 as Baressicort. In 1184 it was first mentioned by its German name, Altdorf. The hamlet of Berlincourt was first mentioned in 1303 as Burlincort.
Geography
Bassecourt had an area of . Of this area, or 37.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 12.2% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.3%. Out of the forested land, 47.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.6% is used for growing crops and 11.5% is pastures and 6.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The former municipality is located in the Delemont district, along the Sorne river in the Delemont valley. It lies at the intersection of the Delémont-La Chaux-de-Fonds and the Porrentruy-Biel/Bienne roads. It consists of the village of Bassecourt and the hamlet of Berlincourt.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Jura
- Berlincourt1.2 mi away
- Boécourt1.6 mi away · pop. 915
- Courfaivre1.9 mi away · pop. 1,600
- Glovelier1.9 mi away · pop. 1,193
- Undervelier2.5 mi away · pop. 291
- Soulce2.6 mi away · pop. 236
- Develier2.6 mi away · pop. 1,385
- Courtételle3.4 mi away · pop. 2,459
- Bourrignon4.1 mi away · pop. 261
- Asuel4.5 mi away · pop. 186
- St-Ursanne4.6 mi away · pop. 689
- Montenol4.6 mi away · pop. 86
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Bassecourt
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image