Corgémont is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland . It is located in the French-speaking part of the canton in the Jura mountains .
31-568: Corgémont was first mentioned in 1178 as Coriamont . In 1179 Pope Alexander III confirmed the rights of the Abbey of Moutier-Grandval to their property in Corgémont. From the 12th to 15th century much of the village was owned by the noble family de Corgémont (also known as de Chalmé), who had received the property from the Prince-Bishop of Basel . Later this property was transferred to
62-526: A higher yield than is possible using less capital-intensive techniques. These technological advances and investment allow the primary sector to employ a smaller workforce, so developed countries tend to have a smaller percentage of their workforce involved in primary activities, instead having a higher percentage involved in the secondary and tertiary sectors. The twenty largest countries by agricultural output (in PPP terms) at peak level as of 2018, according to
93-563: A railway station, Corgémont . The station is located on the Biel/Bienne–La Chaux-de-Fonds line and has hourly service to Biel/Bienne and La Chaux-de-Fonds . Moutier-Grandval Moutier-Grandval Abbey was a Benedictine abbey near the villages of Moutier and Grandval in today's Bernese Jura , Canton of Bern in Switzerland . It was founded around 640, when Grandval already existed; Moutier grew up around
124-430: A total of 585 apartments (84.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 70 apartments (10.1%) were seasonally occupied and 39 apartments (5.6%) were empty. As of 2010, the construction rate of new housing units was 0.6 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2011, was 1.6%. The historical population is given in the following chart: The Bibliothèque De La Conférence Mennonite Suisse
155-419: Is Gules a Guidon Argent. Corgémont has a population (as of December 2020) of 1,774. As of 2010, 11.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of 1.6%. Migration accounted for 2.5%, while births and deaths accounted for -0.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (1,157 or 77.5%) as their first language, German
186-409: Is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship . During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 331 students attending classes in Corgémont. There were 2 kindergarten classes with a total of 42 students in
217-658: Is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance . In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 35.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Social Democratic Party (SP) (22%), the Green Party (11.5%) and the FDP.The Liberals (10.5%). In the federal election, a total of 470 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
248-500: Is the second most common (241 or 16.1%) and Italian is the third (50 or 3.3%). There are 3 people who speak Romansh . As of 2008, the population was 49.8% male and 50.2% female. The population was made up of 676 Swiss men (43.7% of the population) and 95 (6.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 696 Swiss women (45.0%) and 81 (5.2%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 446 or about 29.9% were born in Corgémont and lived there in 2000. There were 577 or 38.6% who were born in
279-460: The Dukes of Burgundy , who provided lay abbots , the priors or provosts being the senior monks. In 968 Conrad of Burgundy granted the abbey "in benefice " to Count Luitfrid , who then divided the property among his sons as though it had been granted in proprium , as property. After a court case it was returned to the king. In 999, Rudolph III of Burgundy presented the bishop of Basel with
310-650: The Swiss Reformed Church . Of the rest of the population, there were 5 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.33% of the population), there were 2 individuals (or about 0.13% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church , and there were 232 individuals (or about 15.54% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 40 (or about 2.68% of the population) who were Islamic . There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist . 139 (or about 9.31% of
341-400: The tertiary sector , with 44 businesses in this sector. There were 5 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 20.0% of the workforce. In 2008 there were a total of 485 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 55, of which 54 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in
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#1732793402403372-627: The Family d'Asuel. Corgémont belonged to the Barony of Erguel which was under the Prince-Bishops. In 1530 Biel introduced the Reformation to Corgémont. Corgémont has an area of 17.66 km (6.82 sq mi). Of this area, 9.88 km (3.81 sq mi) or 55.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.64 km (2.56 sq mi) or 37.6% is forested. Of the rest of
403-474: The Israelites in two scenes, and an allegorical page with two scenes at the end of the book. A facsimile was published in 1971 ( Die Bibel von Moutier-Grandval , ed. J. Duft, Bern 1971). 47°16′50″N 7°22′19″E / 47.280545°N 7.37201°E / 47.280545; 7.37201 Primary sector of the economy The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in
434-543: The abbey and its 540 square miles of lands, establishing the Prince-Bishopric of Basel as a secular territory; disputes with the Prince-bishops were to continue. According to legend, Bellelay Abbey was founded as a dependency in 1136, but as this belonged to the new Premonstratensian order the story seems unlikely. The abbey owned Corgémont , Tavannes and Perrefitte and other properties. From 1486
465-748: The abbey was also part of the Protectorate of Bern in the Old Swiss Confederacy , while remaining subject to Basel. From 1475 the Alsatian -born chronicler Johann Burchard , living in Rome, was provost. After the Swiss Reformation , the monks fled to Delémont , and between 1534-1792 the parish church there also served as their church. The arrival of French Revolutionary armies in 1792 ended both abbey and Prince-bishopric, and
496-508: The abbey. The abbey was founded as a dependency of Luxeuil Abbey , on land granted by Gundoin, Duke of Alsace on the old route leading to the Pierre Pertuis Pass . The abbot of Luxeuil, Saint Waldebert , sent Saint Germanus of Granfelden , who served 35 years as the first abbot, with Saint Randoald of Grandval as his prior. Both were martyred in 675 by Adalrich, Duke of Alsace after they protested against his expulsion of
527-421: The agricultural land, 12.0% is used for growing crops and 18.6% is pastures and 25.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. On 31 December 2009 District de Courtelary, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms
558-462: The buildings of the abbey have now disappeared, although some 12th century remains of buildings were discovered under the town in 2008. However the small chapelle de Chalière , now serving as the cemetery chapel at Perrefitte, is a Carolingian building with faded 11th century wall-paintings that was built by the abbey. The major relics of the abbey were taken to Delémont at the Reformation, and
589-470: The church there still has the bodies of Saints Germanus and Randoald, while the museum has Germanus's reputed cross (metal and enamel over wood, perhaps 9th century on older wood), sandals, and chalice (13th century, silver-gilt). The Moutier-Grandval Bible is an illuminated manuscript bible of about 840, which was probably written in Tours , France, perhaps specially for the abbey. It was owned by them until
620-758: The dissolution in the French Revolutionary Wars , when it was apparently forgotten and found in Delémont by children. It is now in the British Library (MS Addl. 10546). There are three full pages with miniatures, two showing scenes from the Book of Genesis : the story of Adam and Eve over several registers like a " strip cartoon ", Moses receiving the Tablets of the Law and teaching them to
651-498: The extraction and production of raw materials , such as farming , logging , fishing , forestry and mining . The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in developing countries than it does in developed countries . For example, in 2018, agriculture, forestry, and fishing comprised more than 15% of GDP in sub-Saharan Africa but less than 1% of GDP in North America . In developed countries
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#1732793402403682-450: The land, 1.1 km (0.42 sq mi) or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km (7.4 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.00 km (0 acres) or 0.0% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 31.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of
713-457: The municipality and 454 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.2 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 2.4% of the workforce coming into Corgémont are coming from outside Switzerland. Of the working population, 12.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.9% used a private car. From the 2000 census, 340 or 22.8% were Roman Catholic , while 798 or 53.4% belonged to
744-430: The municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 7.1% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 16.7% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 6 primary classes and 86 students. Of the primary students, 14.0% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 18.6% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During
775-511: The population of the Sorgenau valley . The abbey became, like some others, the secular ruler of a local territory, and by the 9th or 10th century had property and influence all the way to Lake Biel and into the Balsthal valley , but was regarded as a fief of the king of Burgundy . There was to be a long history of disputes over the property and privileges of the abbey, which later fell under
806-651: The population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist , and 50 individuals (or about 3.35% of the population) did not answer the question. In Corgémont about 580 or (38.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education , and 126 or (8.4%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). Of the 126 who completed tertiary schooling, 63.5% were Swiss men, 25.4% were Swiss women, 7.1% were non-Swiss men and 4.0% were non-Swiss women. The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten , followed by six years of Primary school. This
837-497: The primary sector has become more technologically advanced, enabling for example the mechanization of farming, as compared with lower-tech methods in poorer countries. More developed economies may invest additional capital in primary means of production: for example, in the United States corn belt , combine harvesters pick the corn, and sprayers spray large amounts of insecticides , herbicides and fungicides , producing
868-679: The same canton, while 239 or 16.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 184 or 12.3% were born outside of Switzerland. As of 2010, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 57.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19.1%. As of 2000, there were 567 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 768 married individuals, 83 widows or widowers and 75 individuals who are divorced. As of 2000, there were 141 households that consist of only one person and 38 households with five or more people. In 2000,
899-416: The same year, there were 11 lower secondary classes with a total of 203 students. There were 13.8% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 18.2% have a different mother language than the classroom language. As of 2000, there were 135 students in Corgémont who came from another municipality, while 60 residents attended schools outside the municipality. The municipality has
930-578: The secondary sector was 195 of which 164 or (84.1%) were in manufacturing and 31 (15.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 235. In the tertiary sector; 36 or 15.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 11 or 4.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 8 or 3.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 5 or 2.1% were in the information industry, 6 or 2.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 23 or 9.8% were in education and 34 or 14.5% were in health care. In 2000, there were 210 workers who commuted into
961-400: Was 42.8%. As of 2011, Corgémont had an unemployment rate of 2.64%. As of 2008, there were a total of 579 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 84 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 28 businesses involved in this sector. 212 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 26 businesses in this sector. 283 people were employed in