Tramelan-Dessous
Origin of the name Tramelan-Dessous
Tramelan-Dessous bears the name Tramelan, recorded around 1180 as « Trameleins » and still unexplained. The village and its neighbour Tramelan-Dessus appear under these two names in 1695, in a quarrel over the seats in the church.[1][3]
Founding of Tramelan-Dessous
Tramelan-Dessous and Tramelan-Dessus were two separate communities of the lordship of Erguël, joined by a single parish but divided by a boundary fixed in successive agreements. The village had 504 inhabitants in 1726 and 1'754 in 1900. Its burgher commune was united with the municipal commune in 1906. The two villages grew together at the beginning of the 20th century, and Tramelan-Dessous is now part of the municipality of Tramelan (merger of 1 January 1952).[1][2]
History of Tramelan-Dessous
1481-1581. Agreements concluded in 1481, 1543 and 1581 fix the boundary with Tramelan-Dessus.[1]
1561. On 10 May the division between Tramelan-Dessus and Tramelan-Dessous is declared final.[2]
1695-1707. Tramelan-Dessous, Tramelan-Dessus and Mont-Tramelan quarrel over the seats in the church.[3]
1842. On 22 November the municipal and burgher assemblies decide to sell timber to pay the municipality's share of the new church.[3]
1848. On 10 January an agreement with Tramelan-Dessus settles the sharing of the church's building costs and the supply of materials.[3]
1870. The subsidy scale for the Jura railway network sets the share of Tramelan-Dessous at 20'000 francs for the municipality and 40'000 francs for the burgher commune.[4]
1882. On 15 April the municipal assembly votes a subsidy of 150'000 francs for the Tavannes-Tramelan line, opened in 1884.[1][4]
1891. On 4 July the municipality votes 30'000 francs for the Tramelan-Les Breuleux-Saignelégier-La Chaux-de-Fonds line.[4]
1896. The municipal assembly refuses to fund new studies for the Tavannes-Les Breuleux-Le Noirmont line.[4]
1905. On 22 April the municipal assembly discusses a contribution to the study costs of the Tramelan-Les Breuleux-Le Noirmont connection.[4]
1906. The burgher commune is united with the municipal commune.[1]
1950. On 26 March voters accept the merger with Tramelan-Dessus.[2]
1951. On 22 June the municipal assembly examines the draft organisational regulations of the future municipality, accepted by the people on 8 July.[2]
1952. On 1 January Tramelan-Dessous and Tramelan-Dessus form the municipality of Tramelan.[1][2]
Population of Tramelan-Dessous
Sources and references: [1]
| 1726 | 504 |
| 1818 | 667 |
| 1850 | 931 |
| 1900 | 1'754 |
| 1950 | 1'435 |
Historic sites in Tramelan-Dessous
Merger stone. A photograph from around 1952, kept by Mémoires d'Ici, shows the memorial stone to the merger of Tramelan-Dessus and Tramelan-Dessous in Tramelan.[5]
Sources
- Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Tramelan » (Christine Gagnebin-Diacon), version du 30.05.2012
- Chronologie jurassienne (Denis Moine, Archives cantonales jurassiennes, Archives de l'État de Berne, Mémoires d'Ici), « Tramelan, Fusion Tramelan-Dessus-Tramelan-Dessous »
- Chronologie jurassienne, « Tramelan, Églises, Église évangélique-réformée »
- Chronologie jurassienne, « Tramelan, Chemins de fer »
- Mémoires d'Ici, collections, notice chofnd01805 « Pierre commémorative de la fusion de Tramelan-Dessus et Tramelan-Dessous », vers 1952 (fonds Roland Choffat)
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