Pleigne

Geschichte

Pleigne is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistoryPleigne is first mentioned in 1179 as Plenna. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Pleen, however, that name is no longer used.GeographyPleigne has an area of. Of this area, 8.42km2 or 47.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.78km2 or 49.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.54km2 or 3.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.08km2 or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02km2 or 0.1% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 46.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 17.4% is used for growing crops and 11.0% is pastures and 18.5% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.The municipality is located in the Delemont district, on a terrace at an elevation of 809m. The village is north-west of Delemont. It consists of the village of Pleigne, numerous former farms of Lucelle/Lützel Monastery, the Gasthaus Moulin-Neuf, the 18th century mill at Bavelier and the archeological Löwenburg site.The municipalities of Bourrignon, Châtillon, Courrendlin, Courtételle, Delémont, Develier, 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.