History of the villages of the canton of Jura
All documented localities of the canton of Jura, grouped by district. 28 localities.
District: Delémont 28 localities
Bassecourt
Village in the Delémont valley on the Sorne, probably the chief place of the Merovingian Sornegau and later a watch-case centre, today in the municipality of Haute-Sorne (merger of 1 January 2013).
JUBoécourt
Municipality in the district of Delémont south of the Rangiers pass, a former free village of the Delémont valley, uniting the villages of Boécourt, Séprais and Montavon.
JUBourrignon
Village in the district of Delémont on a terrace of the northern slope of the Rangiers, a former place of passage towards Lucelle and a free village of the lordship of Delémont.
JUChâtillon
Street village in the district of Delémont, south of the town, long a possession of the chapter of Moutier-Grandval, which chose in 1975 to join the canton of Jura.
JUCorban
Village in the eastern part of the Val Terbi, a former mayoralty of the provostry of Moutier-Grandval that joined the canton of Jura in 1975, now part of the municipality of Val Terbi (merger of 1 January 2018).
JUCourchapoix
Village in the Val Terbi in the district of Delémont, inhabited since the 10th century, former land of the provostry of Moutier-Grandval that chose the canton of Jura in 1975.
JUCourfaivre
Village in the Delémont valley on the right bank of the Sorne, birthplace of the Condor factory, with a church adorned with Fernand Léger windows, today in the municipality of Haute-Sorne (merger of 1 January 2013).
JUCourrendlin
Street village on the Birs at the mouth of the Moutier gorge, former mayoralty of the provostship of Moutier-Grandval and ironworks site of Choindez, municipality enlarged in 2019 with Rebeuvelier and Vellerat.
JUCourroux
Large village near Delémont, east of the confluence of the Scheulte and the Birse, former free village of the Delémont valley and site of a Late Bronze Age village on the Roc de Courroux.
JUCourtételle
Large village in the district of Delémont on the right bank of the Sorne, former free village of the Delémont valley, where the basilica of Saint-Maurice linked to the beginnings of Moutier-Grandval abbey stood.
JU · TownDelémont
Capital of the Republic and Canton of Jura, former summer residence of the Prince-Bishops of Basel, which became a town through the charter of liberties of 1289.
JUDevelier
Village in the district of Delémont on the road over the Col des Rangiers, former free village of the Delémont valley, known for its Merovingian hamlet of smiths and its church of Saint-Imier on a rocky spur.
JUEderswiler
Small rural municipality in the district of Delémont, near the French border, the only German-speaking municipality in the canton of Jura.
JUGlovelier
Village at the mouth of the Combe Tabeillon, west of the Delémont valley, a rail junction between the Delémont-Delle line and the Jura Railways, today in the municipality of Haute-Sorne (merger of 1 January 2013).
JUMervelier
Village in the Val Terbi, at the foot of the Scheulte pass on the Delémont-Balsthal road, a former locality of the provostry of Moutier-Grandval that remained Catholic.
JUMettembert
Small rural village on the sunny slope of an isolated small valley north-west of Delémont, a former possession of Petit-Lucelle that gallicised its name in 1984.
JUMontsevelier
Village tucked away at the end of an isolated valley in the upper Val Terbi, a former mayoralty of the lordship of Delémont spared by the French occupation from 1792 to 1797, now in the municipality of Val Terbi (merger of 1 January 2013).
JUMovelier
Farming village north of Delémont, near the French border, a former free village of the Delémont valley long owned by the abbey of Lucelle.
JUPleigne
Farming village at 809 m north-west of Delémont, on the border with Alsace, a former free village of the Delémont valley whose territory includes the Löwenbourg estate.
JURebeuvelier
Former free village of the Delémont valley whose territory includes the summit of the Raimeux, known for its Roches glassworks (1797-1867), now in the municipality of Courrendlin (merger of 1 January 2019).
JURossemaison
Village next to Delémont, formerly a Catholic locality of the provostship of Moutier-Grandval, which chose the canton of Jura by plebiscite on 7 September 1975.
JUSaulcy
Village in the district of Delémont, geographically part of the Franches-Montagnes, on the old road that linked the Delémont valley to Pierre Pertuis via Bellelay.
JUSoulce
Small village in a side valley east of Undervelier, a former fief of the Münch of Münchenstein bought back by the Prince-Bishop of Basel in 1468, today in the municipality of Haute-Sorne (merger of 1 January 2013).
JUSoyhières
Village in the district of Delémont on the Birse, on the road to Basel, which gave its name to the counts of Soyhières and to a castle whose ruins now lie in the municipality of Courroux.
JUUndervelier
Village on the Sorne nestled between two gorges at the foot of the Pichoux, one of the thirteen free villages of the Delémont valley, known for its prince-bishop's ironworks and the Sainte-Colombe cave, now in the municipality of Haute-Sorne (merger of 1 January 2013).
JUVellerat
Small village above the Choindez gorge, proclaimed a « commune libre » in 1982 and transferred from the canton of Bern to the canton of Jura in 1996, now in the municipality of Courrendlin (merger of 1 January 2019).
JUVermes
Farming village in the Val Terbi on a tributary of the Scheulte, mentioned from 866 with its cella of Saint-Paul belonging to the abbey of Moutier-Grandval, whose territory includes the hamlet of Envelier and Raymontpierre castle, now in the municipality of Val Terbi (merger of 1 January 2013).
JUVicques
Main locality of the Val Terbi, a long street village of farmhouses on the right bank of the Scheulte, known for its large Gallo-Roman villa and one of the thirteen free villages of the Delémont valley, now in the municipality of Val Terbi (merger of 1 January 2013).