Courrendlin

Geschichte

Courrendlin is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistoryCourrendlin is first mentioned in 866 as Rendelana Corte.GeographyCourrendlin has an area of. Of this area, 4.79km2 or 43.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.4km2 or 39.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.67km2 or 15.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1km2 or 0.9% is either rivers or lakes and 0.07km2 or 0.6% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 5.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.6% of the area Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 25.5% is used for growing crops and 12.1% is pastures and 5.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Delemont district, on the Birs river as it flows out of Moutier canyon. It consists of the old linear village of Courrendlin on the right side of the river, the train station and newer housing developments on the left bank and the foundry complex of Choindez south of the village.The municipalities of Bourrignon, Châtillon, Courrendlin, Courtételle, Delémont, Ederswiler, Mettembert, Movelier, Pleigne, Rebeuvelier, Rossemaison and Vellerat are considering a merger on at a date in the future into the new municipality with an, undetermined name.