Soyhières

Geschichte

Soyhières is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistorySoyhières is first mentioned in 1102 as Sougere. In 1136 it was mentioned as Sohires and in 1212 as Sogron. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Saugern; however, that name is no longer used.GeographySoyhières has an area of. Of this area, 2.25km2 or 30.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.63km2 or 61.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.56km2 or 7.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05km2 or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03km2 or 0.4% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.6%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area Out of the forested land, 58.1% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 10.9% is used for growing crops and 6.1% is pastures and 12.1% is used for alpine pastures. Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.4% is in rivers and streams.The municipality is located in the Delemont district, on the banks of the Birs river. It consists of the village of Soyhières on the left bank of the Birs and the hamlet of Les Riedes-Dessus on the right.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Quartered Gules a Hare salient Argent and Azure a Wing sinister of the second.