La Caquerelle
Origin of the name La Caquerelle
The place is mentioned in 1658. The origin of the name « La Caquerelle » has not yet been explained. Fritz Lüscher devoted place-name articles to it in 1963 and 1966.[1]
Founding of La Caquerelle
How La Caquerelle came into being is not known. The estate appears when the prince-bishop of Basel Jean-Conrad de Roggenbach granted it as a fief, together with Le Creux and the Métairie des Rangiers. In the 19th century the farm belonged to the municipality of Asuel, which had it rebuilt around 1860. After the fire Asuel sold the ruins, and the rebuilt farm became the Hôtel de La Caquerelle. The Saint-Joseph chapel, built at the end of the 19th century, later served as a school before becoming a museum. The locality, formerly in the municipality of Asuel, has belonged to that of La Baroche since 2009.[1][3]
History of La Caquerelle
1658. On 9 February, prince-bishop Jean-Conrad de Roggenbach grants La Caquerelle, Le Creux and the Métairie des Rangiers as a fief.[1][2]
1857-1860. The Asuel municipal assembly debates repairing or rebuilding the La Caquerelle building. The Bernese government orders it rebuilt in 1859.[1]
1893. Construction of the Saint-Joseph chapel. It is blessed on 6 September.[1]
1894. On 15 May, the chapel is inaugurated.[1]
1901. On 13 September, a fire destroys the farm and inn of La Caquerelle.[1]
1905. Asuel sells the ruins of the La Caquerelle-Dessous and La Caquerelle-Dessus farms to Eugène Garessus.[1]
1906. The rebuilt farm becomes the Hôtel de La Caquerelle.[1]
1931. On 5 July, the first cycling rally from La Caquerelle to the Rangiers.[1][2]
1935. Farmers from Mont-Repais buy the chapel and open a school in it.[1]
1967. On 4 June, the restored chapel is consecrated.[1]
1993. Asuel votes a credit of 160'000 francs to restore the chapel. On 6 November the first exhibition « Histoire du Mont-Repais » opens, the origin of the Musée du Mont-Repais.[1]
2006. The Hôtel de La Caquerelle celebrates its centenary.[1]
2024. On 2 July, the remnant of the Sentinelle des Rangiers is brought to La Caquerelle to be displayed at the Musée du Mont-Repais, renamed CRAC (La Caquerelle-Les Rangiers : Aire Culturelle).[5]
Historic sites in La Caquerelle
Former Saint-Joseph chapel. Chapel built in 1893 and inaugurated in 1894, turned into a school in 1935, consecrated again in 1967 and restored in 1993. It houses the Musée du Mont-Repais, now CRAC, run by the Groupe d'histoire du Mont-Repais.[1][5]
Hôtel de La Caquerelle. Former farm rebuilt in 1906 after the fire of 1901. The hotel celebrated its centenary in 2006.[1]
La Caquerelle golf course. Golf course south of the locality.
Remains in La Caquerelle
Remnant of the Sentinelle des Rangiers. Granite block of about 6 tonnes, the remains of the « Fritz » statue unveiled in 1924 at the Rangiers and destroyed between 1984 and 1990. Owned by the canton of Jura, it has been on loan since 2024 to the museum in the former chapel.[5]
Sources
- Denis Moine, Chronologie jurassienne, « Caquerelle La Baroche »
- Denis Moine, Chronologie jurassienne, « Rangiers : Divers »
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Asuel » (Bernard Prongué), version du 10.06.2020
- Emma Chatelain, « Chapelles, oratoires et grottes », Dictionnaire du Jura (2006)
- République et Canton du Jura, communiqué « Déplacement du vestige de la Sentinelle des Rangiers » (3 juillet 2024)
- Christina Graf (ASSH), « La Sentinelle (Fritz) », Penser un monument
- République et Canton du Jura, Gouvernement, message au Parlement relatif à la révision de la législation en matière de fusion de communes (30 mars 2011)
- geo.admin.ch (swisstopo), recherche de lieux « La Caquerelle »
- Statistique Jura, tableau JU-T.01.01.03, population résidante permanente au 31 décembre 2025
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