Boncourt

Geschichte

Boncourt is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistoryBoncourt is first mentioned in 1140 as Bononis Curia. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Bubendorf, however, that name is no longer used. During the Second World War Boncourt was a vital staging post for French speaking Switzerland, and the resistance.GeographyBoncourt has an area of. Of this area, 3.74km2 or 41.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.42km2 or 38.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.81km2 or 20.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05km2 or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 9.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 5.1% of the area Out of the forested land, 36.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 20.8% is used for growing crops and 15.8% is pastures, while 2.2% is used for orchards or vine crops and 2.8% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Porrentruy district, on the border with France. The large industrial village is the most important border crossing between the Canton of Jura and France.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Fleur de lis Or in base between two Halberds Argent in saltire.