Courroux

Geschichte

Courroux is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistoryCourroux is first mentioned in 1146 under its German name as Lütoltesdorf. The French name was first mentioned in 1148 as Corolt.GeographyCourroux has an area of. Of this area, 10.52km2 or 53.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.58km2 or 38.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.48km2 or 7.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11km2 or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes and 0.05km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 4.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 36.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 33.7% is used for growing crops and 10.4% is pastures and 8.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Delemont district, three kilometers southeast of the city of Delémont and east of the confluence of the Scheulte and Birs rivers. North of the village is the forested Bambois mountain with the peak Roc de Courroux (855m) named after the village.In 2011 the municipalities of Corban, Courchapoix, Courroux, Mervelier, Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques were considering a merger into the new municipality of Val Terbi. However, only the municipalities of Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques merged on 1 January 2013 into Val Terbi.