Courgenay

Geschichte

Courgenay is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistoryCourgenay is first mentioned in 1139 as Corgennart.GeographyCourgenay has an area of. Of this area, 8.91km2 or 48.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.76km2 or 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.72km2 or 9.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 4.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.9%. Out of the forested land, 40.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.3% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.0% is used for growing crops and 16.4% is pastures, while 1.8% is used for orchards or vine crops and 5.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Porrentruy district. It consists of the village of Courgenay and the hamlet of Courtemautruy. The former villages of Courtemblin and Courtari were both abandoned shortly before or during the Thirty Years War.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent, a Goose Gules beaked and membered Or stantant on Coupeaux Vert and in chief three Mullets of Five of the second.