Perrefitte

Geschichte

Perrefitte is a municipality in the administrative district of Jura bernois in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (Jura Bernois). Its old German names Beffert and Pfeffert are no longer in use today.HistoryPerrefitte is first mentioned in 1295 as Pierefite. In 1321 appears the Perefiten terminology, then followed by Pierefetteau, and in 1548 Pierrefette. This name is derived from the Latin “petra ficta”. The village remains incorporated to the Moutier-Grandval community until the end of the 18th century. From 1797 to 1815, Perrefitte belongs to France, within the French Department of Mont-Terrible.As from 1800, it becomes a part of the Haut-Rhin Department, to which the department of Mont-Terrible was attached.By decision of the congress of Vienna, the territory of the old Basel diocese was allotted to canton of Bern, in 1815.GeographyPerrefitte is located at 600 meters of altitude. This old agricultural village lies 2km west of Moutier, in the chain of the Jura Mountains, on the left bank of the Chalière brook, which merges into the Birse river in Moutier. It is the western part of the Grand Val (valley of Moutier). In the southern area Combe Fabet, a kind of small throat has formed a secondary valley, from where the Chalière flows down. The Moron mountain marks the southern border of the community, rising to 1140m of altitude. To the North, the communal territory extends to the chain from Mountain of Moutier, which constitutes the highest point of Perrefitte with its height of 1158m.