Le Noirmont

For the mountain, see Le Noirmont (mountain).

Le Noirmont
Municipality
Coat of arms of Le Noirmont
Coat of arms
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Map
Le Noirmont is located in Switzerland
Le Noirmont
Le Noirmont
Le Noirmont is located in Canton of Jura
Le Noirmont
Le Noirmont
Coordinates: 47°13′N 06°57′E / 47.217°N 6.950°E / 47.217; 6.950
CountrySwitzerland
CantonJura
DistrictFranches-Montagnes
Government
 • MayorMaire
Area
[1]
 • Total
20.39 km2 (7.87 sq mi)
Elevation
971 m (3,186 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[2]
 • Total
1,847
 • Density91/km2 (230/sq mi)
DemonymNoirmonier
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
2340
SFOS number6754
ISO 3166 codeCH-JU
Surrounded byMuriaux, Les Breuleux, Les Bois, Saint-Imier(BE), Charquemont(F), Charmauvillers(F)
Websitewww.noirmont.ch
SFSO statistics

Le Noirmont is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

History

Le Noirmont is first mentioned in 1454 as Noirmont. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Schwarzenberg, however, that name is no longer used.[3]

Geography

Aerial view (1955)

Le Noirmont has an area of 20.39 km2 (7.87 sq mi).[4] Of this area, 10.34 km2 (3.99 sq mi) or 50.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi) or 42.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.25 km2 (0.48 sq mi) or 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.12 km2 (30 acres) or 0.6% is unproductive land.[5]

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 37.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.0% is used for growing crops and 31.4% is pastures and 18.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.[5]

The municipality is located in the Franches-Montagnes district, on a high plateau (elevation c. 1,100 metres [3,600 ft]) that stretches to the Doubs river. It consists of the village of Le Noirmont and the hamlets of Les Barrières, Le Cerneux-Joly, Le Creux-des-Biches, Les Esserts, Le Peu-Péquignot, Sous-les-Craux and Les Côtes.

The municipalities of Le Bémont, Les Bois, Les Breuleux, La Chaux-des-Breuleux, Les Enfers, Les Genevez, Lajoux, Montfaucon, Muriaux, Le Noirmont, Saignelégier, Saint-Brais and Soubey are considering a merger on at a date in the future into the new municipality of Franches-Montagnes.[6]

Coat of arms

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Deer's Head afrontee Sable with a Latin Cross radiating Gules between the antlers and Coupeaux of Six of the second.[7]

Demographics

Le Noirmont has a population (as of December 2020) of 1,914.[8] As of 2008, 12.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[9] Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 7.2%. Migration accounted for 4.5%, while births and deaths accounted for 1%.[10]

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (1,425 or 91.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (47 or 3.0%) and Portuguese is the third (29 or 1.9%). There are 25 people who speak Italian.[11]

As of 2008, the population was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. The population was made up of 693 Swiss men (41.7% of the population) and 106 (6.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 768 Swiss women (46.2%) and 95 (5.7%) non-Swiss women.[12] Of the population in the municipality, 643 or about 41.2% were born in Le Noirmont and lived there in 2000. There were 354 or 22.7% who were born in the same canton, while 268 or 17.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 226 or 14.5% were born outside of Switzerland.[11]

As of 2000, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.2%.[10]

As of 2000, there were 651 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 780 married individuals, 77 widows or widowers and 53 individuals who are divorced.[11]

As of 2000, there were 623 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.[10] There were 196 households that consist of only one person and 59 households with five or more people. In 2000, a total of 604 apartments (83.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 86 apartments (11.9%) were seasonally occupied and 31 apartments (4.3%) were empty.[13] As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 0.6 new units per 1000 residents.[10] The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.63%.[10]

The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][14]

Heritage sites of national significance

Farm House at Les Esserts 32

The farm house at Les Esserts 32 is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire urban village of Le Noirmont is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[15]

Politics

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 39.64% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CSP (22.73%), the FDP (15.22%) and the CVP (12.58%). In the federal election, a total of 483 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 42.0%.[16]

Economy

As of  2010, Le Noirmont had an unemployment rate of 5.5%. As of 2008, there were 62 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 26 businesses involved in this sector. 647 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 35 businesses in this sector. 569 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 68 businesses in this sector.[10] There were 796 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.2% of the workforce.

In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 1,137. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 47, of which 41 were in agriculture and 5 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 617 of which 560 or (90.8%) were in manufacturing and 52 (8.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 473. In the tertiary sector; 173 or 36.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 12 or 2.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 56 or 11.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 58 or 12.3% were in the information industry, 7 or 1.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 17 or 3.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 25 or 5.3% were in education and 103 or 21.8% were in health care.[17]

In 2000, there were 801 workers who commuted into the municipality and 354 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net importer of workers, with about 2.3 workers entering the municipality for every one leaving. About 30.0% of the workforce coming into Le Noirmont are coming from outside Switzerland.[18] Of the working population, 8% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.4% used a private car.[10]

Transport

Train station at Le Noirmont

The municipality has two railway stations, Le Noirmont and Le Creux-des-Biches. The former is located at the junction of the La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier and Tavannes–Noirmont lines, while the latter is located to the west along the La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line.

Religion

From the 2000 census, 1,159 or 74.2% were Roman Catholic, while 159 or 10.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church, and there were 73 individuals (or about 4.68% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 31 (or about 1.99% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 5 individuals who were Buddhist and 1 individual who belonged to another church. 97 (or about 6.21% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 70 individuals (or about 4.48% of the population) did not answer the question.[11]

Education

In Le Noirmont about 544 or (34.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 125 or (8.0%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 125 who completed tertiary schooling, 64.0% were Swiss men, 24.8% were Swiss women, 7.2% were non-Swiss men and 4.0% were non-Swiss women.[11]

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.[19]

During the 2009–10 school year, there were a total of 260 students attending 15 classes in Le Noirmont. There were 2 kindergarten classes with a total of 37 students in the municipality.[20] The municipality had 7 primary classes and 123 students.[21] During the same year, there were 6 lower secondary classes with a total of 100 students.[22]

As of 2000, there were 43 students in Le Noirmont who came from another municipality, while 46 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b Le Noirmont in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  4. ^ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen
  5. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data (in German) accessed 25 March 2010
  6. ^ Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (in German) accessed 21 December 2011
  7. ^ Flags of the World.com accessed 5 January 2012
  8. ^ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  9. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008 Archived 28 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 19 June 2010
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Swiss Federal Statistical Office Archived 5 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine accessed 5 January 2012
  11. ^ a b c d e STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000 Archived 9 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 2 February 2011
  12. ^ Canton Jura Statistics- Population résidante permanente au 1er janvier 2010, canton du Jura et communes Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in French) accessed 2 March 2011
  13. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen Archived 7 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
  14. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000 Archived 30 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 29 January 2011
  15. ^ "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  16. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton Archived 14 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 May 2010
  17. ^ Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3 Archived 25 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) accessed 28 January 2011
  18. ^ a b Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb Archived 4 August 2012 at archive.today (in German) accessed 24 June 2010
  19. ^ EDK/CDIP/IDES (2010). Kantonale Schulstrukturen in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein / Structures Scolaires Cantonales en Suisse et Dans la Principauté du Liechtenstein (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  20. ^ Effectifs de l'école enfantine 2009-2010 Archived 14 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in French) accessed 19 December 2011
  21. ^ Effectifs de l'école primaire (in French) accessed 19 December 2011
  22. ^ Effectifs de l'école secondaire (in French) accessed 19 December 2011

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