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Seleute

Canton of Jura · District: Porrentruy · 74 inhabitants (2008, former municipality of Seleute, last figure before the merger)
Part of the municipality of Clos du Doubs
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Origin of the name Seleute

The village is first recorded in 1180 as « Celute ». Where does the name come from? That is still unknown.[1]

Founding of Seleute

Neither the date nor the founder of Seleute is known. The village, set on a terrace on the northern slope of the Doubs valley probably at the foot of the Lomont, belonged until 1793 to the chapter of Saint-Ursanne, in the Prince-Bishopric of Basel. Its territory was then divided into six fiefs. Seleute always belonged to the parish of Saint-Ursanne. The former municipality comprised the village, the farm of Monnat on the right bank of the Doubs and the farms of La Cernie Dessus and La Cernie Dessous on the left bank. Part of the canton of Bern from 1815 to 1978, then of the canton of Jura, it is now in the municipality of Clos du Doubs (merger of 1 January 2009).[1]

History of Seleute

1180. First mention, as « Celute ».[1]

Until 1793. Seleute belongs to the chapter of Saint-Ursanne, in the Prince-Bishopric of Basel. Its territory is divided into six fiefs.[1]

1793-1800. The village is part of the French department of Mont-Terrible.[1]

1800-1813. It is attached to the department of Haut-Rhin.[1]

1815-1978. Seleute belongs to the canton of Bern.[1]

1836. Seleute becomes a mixed municipality.[1]

1889. Blessing of the village chapel, reportedly dedicated to Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur.[2]

1954. The municipal assembly examines a project to restore the chapel.[2]

1972. Land consolidation.[1][2]

1979. Seleute joins the new canton of Jura.

2009. On 1 January, Seleute merges with Epauvillers, Epiquerez, Montenol, Montmelon, Ocourt and Saint-Ursanne to form the municipality of Clos du Doubs (district of Porrentruy).[1][2]

Population of Seleute

Sources and references: [1]

Population of Seleute
1818130
1850148
1900116
1950118
200067
200874

Historic sites in Seleute

Chapel. Village chapel, blessed in 1889. A restoration project was presented in 1954, and in 1956 the municipality handed it over to the parish of Saint-Ursanne; its dedication is uncertain. Seleute was never a parish of its own: it always belonged to Saint-Ursanne.[1][2]

School. School whose construction work was awarded on 17 December 1838. After restoration it was inaugurated again on 1 December 1972. Its style is said to be neoclassical.[2]

Farms of Monnat and La Cernie. Isolated farms of the former municipality: Monnat on the right bank of the Doubs, La Cernie Dessus and La Cernie Dessous on the left bank.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Seleute » (Dominique Prongué), version du 18.05.2020 (lu dans la version allemande)
  2. Denis Moine, Chronologie jurassienne, « Seleute »
  3. geo.admin.ch (swisstopo), recherche de lieux « Seleute »

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