Rossemaison

Geschichte

Rossemaison is a municipality in the district of Delémont of the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistoryRossemaison is first mentioned in 1462 as Rosemason. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Rottmund, however, that name is no longer used.GeographyRossemaison has an area of. Of this area, 1.28km2 or 67.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.35km2 or 18.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.31km2 or 16.4% is settled (buildings or roads).Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 13.2% and transportation infrastructure make up 1.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas make up 1.6% of the area Out of the forested land, 17.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 46.6% is used for growing crops and 19.6% is pastures, while 1.6% is used for orchards or vine crops.The municipality is located in the Delemont district.The municipalities of Bourrignon, Châtillon, Courrendlin, Courtételle, Delémont, Develier, Ederswiler, Mettembert, Movelier, Pleigne, Rebeuvelier, Rossemaison and Vellerat are considering a in the future into the new municipality with, an undetermined name.