Vendlincourt

Geschichte

Vendlincourt is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.HistoryVendlincourt is first mentioned in 1136 as Uuandeleincurt.GeographyVendlincourt has an area of. Of this area, 5.12km2 or 55.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.45km2 or 37.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.59km2 or 6.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02km2 or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 46.1% is used for growing crops and 8.8% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.The municipality is located in the Porrentruy district.Coat of armsThe blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Fleur-de-lis in chief between a Saltire Or.DemographicsVendlincourt has a population of., 7.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of -6%. Migration accounted for -6.9%, while births and deaths accounted for 1.7%.Most of the population speaks French (566 or 91.7%) as their first language, German is the second most common (28 or 4.5%) and Italian is the third (10 or 1.6%).