Undervelier

Geschichte

Undervelier is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Bassecourt, Courfaivre, Glovelier, Soulce and Undervelier merged to form the new municipality of Haute-Sorne.HistoryUndervelier is first mentioned in 1179 as Undreviller. The municipality was formerly known by its unknown name Underswiler, however, that name is no longer used.GeographyUndervelier had an area of. Of this area, 3.38km2 or 24.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 10.25km2 or 73.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.3km2 or 2.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.03km2 or 0.2% is unproductive land.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.9%. Out of the forested land, 70.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 2.8% is used for growing crops and 13.5% is pastures and 7.7% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.The former municipality is located in the Delemont district, between two of the Sorne river canyons and at the foot of Pichoux mountain.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or three Piles issuant from sinister shortened Sable.