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Cerniévillers

Canton of Jura · District: Franches-Montagnes · 53 inhabitants (1801, last published figure for the hamlet); the municipality of Les Enfers has 145 inhabitants (31.12.2025)
Part of the municipality of Les Enfers
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Origin of the name Cerniévillers

Where does the name come from? That is still unknown.

Founding of Cerniévillers

Cerniévillers is a hamlet of the municipality of Les Enfers, in the Franches-Montagnes district. Nobody knows when or by whom it was founded. In 1629 it belonged to the parish of Montfaucon, then separated from that of Saignelégier. In the French period it formed a municipality, assigned in 1800 to the canton of Saint-Brais. It was incorporated into the municipality of Les Enfers in 1817, but formed a separate section for the use of pastures and forests until 1962.[1][2]

History of Cerniévillers

1629. The parish of Montfaucon is separated from that of Saignelégier. Cerniévillers belongs to the new parish of Montfaucon.[2]

1789. A census counts 49 inhabitants.[2]

1792-1814. Cerniévillers forms a municipality during the French period. Its civil registers for these years are kept at the Archives de l'ancien Évêché de Bâle.[1]

1800. On 17 February, Cerniévillers and Les Enfers are assigned to the canton of Saint-Brais, arrondissement of Porrentruy, Haut-Rhin department.[2]

1801. A census counts 53 inhabitants.[2]

1817. Cerniévillers is incorporated into the municipality of Les Enfers.[1]

1845. Meeting of the Cerniévillers section on creating a fund for the costs of attending the school of Les Enfers.[2]

1925. The Bernese Grand Council votes a subsidy of 39'500 francs for the Les Enfers-Cerniévillers road.[2]

1957. Subsidy of 33'750 francs to connect Plainbois and Cerniévillers to the Franches-Montagnes water syndicate.[2]

1962. End of the separate Cerniévillers section for the use of pastures and forests.[1]

1981. The Jura government grants 5'000 francs for restoring the Cerniévillers farmhouse, a protected historic monument.[2]

Population of Cerniévillers

Sources and references: [2]

Population of Cerniévillers
178949
180153

Historic sites in Cerniévillers

Cerniévillers farmhouse. Farmhouse listed as a protected historic monument, whose restoration was subsidised in 1981 by the Jura government.[2]

Pastures and forests of Cerniévillers. Used by a separate section of the municipality of Les Enfers until 1962.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Enfers, Les » (Claude Rebetez)
  2. Chronologie jurassienne (Denis Moine), « Cerniévillers, Les Enfers »
  3. Archives de l'ancien Évêché de Bâle, fonds EC 42 « Cerniévillers, 1792-1814 »
  4. Inventaire fédéral des sites construits (ISOS), « Les Enfers »
  5. Statistique Jura, tableau JU-T.01.01.03, population résidante permanente au 31 décembre 2025
  6. Office fédéral de topographie swisstopo, map.geo.admin.ch

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