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Val Terbi

Merger 2013 Canton of Jura · District: Delémont · 3'270 inhabitants (31.12.2024)
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Origin of the name Val Terbi

The name Val Terbi was in use before the merger: a Forum Val Terbi was created in 2001.[1]

Founding of Val Terbi

The project brought together seven communes: Corban, Courchapoix, Courroux, Mervelier, Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques. In the vote of 5 February 2012 the overall total is negative and Courroux says no. The mixed commune of Val Terbi is nevertheless born on 1 January 2013 with three communes, Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques. It then has 2'612 inhabitants. Corban joins it on 1 January 2018. Heading east from Delémont, the territory begins at Vicques, in the Scheulte basin, then follows the Gabiare up to Vermes. Montsevelier lies along the Chèvre stream. Two mountain ranges close the horizon: one separates the commune from German-speaking Switzerland, the other, the Raimeux, marks the edge of the historic Jura. Under the Ancien Régime, Vermes and Montsevelier belonged to the seigneury of Delémont, and Vermes shared a single parish with Corban. Corban, for its part, belonged to the Bernese district of Moutier until 1976.[1][2][3][7][8][10]

History of Val Terbi

866. On 19 March King Lothair II confirms the abbey of Moutier-Grandval's possession of the cella of Vermes.[7]

1184. Corban is first mentioned.[8]

1554. On 25 March a roll is drawn up for the parish of Vermes and Corban.[7][8]

1793. On 23 March Vermes, Vicques and Montsevelier are placed in the canton of Vicques, one of the divisions of the French department of Mont-Terrible.[7][10]

1835. Vicques, Montsevelier, Vermes, Corban and a few neighbouring villages form a single school district.[7]

1975. In the plebiscite of the border communes on 7 September, Corban chooses to remain in the Jura.[8]

1976. Corban moves from the district of Moutier to that of Delémont.[8]

2009. On 2 April Courroux, Courchapoix, Corban, Mervelier, Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques form a merger committee.[1]

2011. The mayors sign the merger agreement on 24 November.[1]

2012. Vote of 5 February: 1'454 yes to 1'460 no across the seven communes. Courroux says no (481 to 525), Vicques says yes (472 to 253).[2]

2012. On 20 June the Jura Parliament ratifies the merger.[11]

2013. The merger of Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques comes into force on 1 January.[1][3][5]

2013. On 22 October the Government approves the creation of an intercommunal committee for Corban and Val Terbi.[1][5]

2018. Corban joins the commune on 1 January.[3]

Population of Val Terbi

Sources and references: [3][6]

Population of Val Terbi
20132'612
20233'287
20243'270

Historic sites in Val Terbi

Le Chaufour Roman villa. At Vicques, at the eastern end of the plain between Delémont, Courrendlin and Vicques, a Gallo-Roman villa stood at the place called Le Chaufour. Auguste Quiquerez excavated it in 1844-1846, and a new campaign took place from 1935 to 1937.[9][12][13]

Church of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire. The new church of Vicques, for which the parish voted a credit of 642'000 francs in 1957, was consecrated on 9 December 1961. It succeeded a church consecrated in 1727.[9][13]

Church of Saints Peter and Paul. In the middle of Vermes, the church was built in 1723 on the foundations of a medieval chapel and consecrated on 8 September 1732. Enlarged between 1783 and 1786, it then received a bell tower. Its frescoes, discovered in 1962, have been protected since 1963.[7][12][13]

Raymontpierre castle. On the wooded slopes of the Raimeux, at about 1'000 metres, this castle in Vermes is linked to Georges Hugué, who launched his project in 1593 after inheriting from his father.[12][13]

Church of St Blaise. In Corban, where a chapel of St Blaise is recorded in 1550, the prince-bishop authorised the laying of the church's foundation stone on 19 July 1683. It was consecrated on 15 October 1684.[8][13]

Communal administration. The communal secretariat is in Vicques, chemin de la Pale 2.[4]

Sources

  1. Chronologie jurassienne, « Val Terbi, commune »
  2. Chronologie jurassienne, « 2012 »
  3. Commune de Val Terbi, « Présentation de la Commune »
  4. Commune de Val Terbi, « Secrétariat communal »
  5. République et Canton du Jura, réponse du Gouvernement à la question écrite n° 3074 « Fusions de communes : où en est-on ? » (23 octobre 2018)
  6. Statistique Jura, « Mémento statistique Jura 2025 » (population résidante permanente au 31 décembre 2024)
  7. Chronologie jurassienne, « Vermes »
  8. Chronologie jurassienne, « Corban »
  9. Chronologie jurassienne, « Vicques »
  10. Chronologie jurassienne, « Montsevelier »
  11. Commune de Val Terbi, « Val Terbi » (histoire)
  12. Commune de Val Terbi, « Monuments et découvertes »
  13. Office fédéral de la protection de la population (OFPP), Inventaire PBC, liste cantonale du canton du Jura (état au 1.1.2026)

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