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Courtemblin et Courtari

Lost village Canton of Jura · District: Porrentruy · Uninhabited site (lost villages, municipality of Courgenay)
Part of the municipality of Courgenay
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Origin of the name Courtemblin et Courtari

The two localities appear in the list of villages sold in 1386 to the counts of Montbéliard, in the forms « Courtemblin » and « Courtari ». « Courtary » is also used. Like the other Jura place names in « Cour- », they are thought to date from the Burgundian period, the prefix coming from Latin « curtis » (farm, estate). The rest of the names is unexplained.[3][4]

Founding of Courtemblin et Courtari

Nobody knows when or by whom Courtemblin and Courtari were founded. The two small localities lay between Courgenay and Courtemautruy, in what is now the municipality of Courgenay. They appear in 1386 among the Ajoie villages sold to the counts of Montbéliard. Both were abandoned before or during the Thirty Years' War, and Courtemblin, destroyed by the troops of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, never recovered.[1][2][3]

History of Courtemblin et Courtari

1386. On 5 July, Prince-Bishop Imier de Ramstein sells the town of Porrentruy and several Ajoie villages, including Courtari and Courtemblin, to the counts of Montbéliard.[3]

15th century. The two villages reportedly declined at the time of the Burgundian Wars, after abuses attributed to Étienne de Hagenbach.

1618-1648. Courtemblin and Courtari are abandoned before or during the Thirty Years' War.[1]

Thirty Years' War. The troops of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar set fire to Cornol and destroy the neighbouring village of Courtemblin, which disappears for good.[2]

Today. The names survive in addresses in the municipality of Courgenay: Route de Courtemblin in Courgenay and Rue de Courtary in Courtemautruy.

Historic sites in Courtemblin et Courtari

Site of the two villages. Courtemblin and Courtari lay between Courgenay and Courtemautruy, but their exact location is not known. Route de Courtemblin (Courgenay) and Rue de Courtary (Courtemautruy) keep their memory alive.

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Courgenay » (Dominique Prongué), version du 18.05.2020
  2. Inventaire fédéral des sites construits à protéger en Suisse (ISOS), « Cornol », 2e version, décembre 2009
  3. Denis Moine, Chronologie jurassienne, « Courgenay »
  4. Inventaire fédéral des sites construits à protéger en Suisse (ISOS), « Courcelon » (noms de lieux en « Cour- »)
  5. geo.admin.ch (swisstopo), recherche d'adresses « Courtemblin » et « Courtary »

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