Grandfontaine (Jura)

Geschichte

Grandfontaine is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistoryGrandfontaine is first mentioned in 1136 as Granfontana.GeographyGrandfontaine has an area of. Of this area, 5.78km2 or 64.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.54km2 or 28.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.6km2 or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 25.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 40.0% is used for growing crops and 23.1% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality is located in the Porrentruy district, in a small valley near the Porrentruy to Besançon road. The large fountain and the bath house, both from the 19th century, are located on the karst spring that gave this village its name.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Cross Sable between 20 billets of the last.DemographicsGrandfontaine has a population of., 3.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 0.6%. Migration accounted for 2.2%, while births and deaths accounted for 3.4%.