Haute-Sorne
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Haute-Sorne (, ) is a 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.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Haute-Sorne
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Bassecourt Sorne.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Sorne river at Bassecourt
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- CHE Haute-Sorne COA.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Haute-Sorne Flag.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Jura
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-JU
- Swiss town.district
- Delémont
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 2854
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6729
- Swiss town.area
- 71.06
- Swiss town.population
- 6786
- Swiss town.populationof
- 2011
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Maire
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Boécourt, Develier
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Haute-Sorne
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Delémont District
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 6987
- Area
- 71.04
- Elevation
- 477
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Saulcy
- Official website
- www.haute-sorne.ch
- Image
- Bassecourt Sorne.jpg
- Dialing code
- 032
- Licence plate code
- JU
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- postal code
- 2854
- inception
- 2013-01-01
- Commons category
- Haute-Sorne
- topic's main category
- Category:Haute-Sorne
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6729
- native label
- Haute-Sorne
- replaces
- Courfaivre
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Historic Population
- Heritage sites of national significance
- Sights
- Transportation
- References
Haute-Sorne (, ) is a 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.
==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. Courfaivre is first mentioned in 1147 as Curfavro. Glovelier is first mentioned in 1139 as Lolenviler. Soulce is first mentioned in 1148 as Sulza. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Sulz, however, that name is no longer used. Undervelier is first mentioned in 1179 as Undreviller. The municipality was formerly known by its unknown name Underswiler, however, that name is no longer used.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haute-Sorne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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