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Plagne

Canton of Bern · Former district: Courtelary · 393 inhabitants (2000, former municipality of Plagne, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Sauge
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Origin of the name Plagne

Plagne appears as « Blenn » in a list of fiefs of the Church of Basel of 1311, known from a copy of 1441. The form « Plaentsch » appears in 1610, and the old German name is Plentsch.[1]

Founding of Plagne

Plagne belonged to the lordship of the Erguël and, for church matters, to the parish of Vauffelin. Its ground held small amounts of iron ore, south of the place called Les Ferrières. Besides farming, the inhabitants lived from metalwork, above all as coppersmiths and by making nails and barrels. A white clay was also dug and sold elsewhere for pottery. Plagne is today in the municipality of Sauge (merger of 2014), whose administrative offices it houses.[1][3]

History of Plagne

1311. Bourkard de La Roche held Plagne in fief from the Church of Basel.[1]

Fin du XVIIIe siècle. Watchmaking at home made its appearance.[1]

1797. The lordship of the Erguël came to an end. Plagne passed to the department of Mont-Terrible, then to that of Haut-Rhin.[1]

1802. On 11 February the works on the Plagne-Vauffelin-Reuchenette road were put out to tender.[2]

1815. Plagne was assigned to the canton of Bern.[1]

1838. On 10 March the municipality decided to build a track to Frinvillier to reach the Biel road.[2]

1840. The diaconate of Vauffelin was created for Vauffelin, Romont and Plagne.[2]

1851. On 24 May a first fire destroyed six houses.[2]

1862. The great fire of October destroyed the village centre. The prefect of Moutier called on the municipalities to open lists of donations for the victims.[1][2]

1865. On 14 November the new school was opened. A subscription gave it a public clock the following year.[2]

1867. The municipality and the burgher community were created.[1]

1904. On 1 May a Plagne-Biel postal service was opened.[2]

1914. On 21 September the Haudenschild hotel burnt down.[2]

1964. On 26 September a new school was opened.[2]

Années 1970. The village grew quickly as town dwellers moved in, mostly from Biel.[1]

1973-2016. The post office, opened on 31 August 1973, closed on 18 April 2016.[2]

2014. Plagne joined Vauffelin to form Sauge.[1]

Population of Plagne

Sources and references: [1][2]

Population of Plagne
1818264
1850262
1900292
1950240
1970277
1980310
2000393

Historic sites in Plagne

Ski lift. The village has a small ski lift.[3]

Remains in Plagne

Mining pits of Les Ferrières. South of the place called Les Ferrières, old mining pits mark where small amounts of iron ore were dug.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Plagne » (Christine Gagnebin-Diacon, version du 14.09.2016)
  2. Chronologie jurassienne, « Plagne »
  3. Commune de Sauge, « Sauge - Les pionniers de la fusion de communes » (2014)

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