Mervelier

Geschichte

Mervelier is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistoryMervelier is first mentioned about 1184 as Morswilre. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Morschwil, however, that name is no longer used.GeographyMervelier has an area of. Of this area, 4.29km2 or 43.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.07km2 or 51.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.35km2 or 3.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 50.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 14.0% is used for growing crops and 10.5% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops and 17.7% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Delemont district, in the Val Terbi at the foot of the Schelten Pass along the Scheulte river.The municipalities of Corban, Courchapoix, Courroux, Mervelier, Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques are considering a merger on at a date in the future into the new municipality of Val Terbi.