Soubey

Geschichte

Soubey is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistorySoubey is first mentioned in 1340 as Subeis. In 1369 it was mentioned as Subiez.Because Soubey is among the few locations in Switzerland with no cell phone reception and few other sources of electromagnetic radiation, it has attracted – to the disapproval of its residents – numerous visitors seeking relief from electromagnetic hypersensitivity.GeographySoubey has an area of. Of this area, 5.19km2 or 38.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 7.65km2 or 56.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.3km2 or 2.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.31km2 or 2.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04km2 or 0.3% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%. Out of the forested land, 54.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 3.5% is used for growing crops and 24.7% is pastures and 10.1% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The municipality is located in the Franches-Montagnes district and straddles the Doubs river. It consists of the village of Soubey and the hamlets of Clairbief, Chercenay, Froidevaux and Le Chaufour on the left side of the river as well as the hamlets of Lobschez and Les Moulins on the right side.