Val Terbi Explained

Subject Name:Val Terbi
Municipality Type:municipality
Canton:Jura
Iso-Code-Region:CH-JU
Coordinates:47.35°N 32°W
Postal Code:2824/2828/2829
Municipality Code:6730
Area:38.86
Population:2592
Populationof:Dec 2011
Popofyear:2011
Website:www.val-terbi.ch/
Mayor:Michel Brahier
Mayor Title:Maire
Places:Recolaine
Neighboring Municipalities:Courchapoix, Rebeuvelier, Courroux, Bärschwil(SO), Mervelier, Corban, Grindel(SO), Erschwil(SO), Beinwil(SO), Courchapoix, Schelten(BE), Elay(BE), Corcelles(BE), Crémines(BE)

Val Terbi (in French pronounced as /val tɛʁbi/) is a municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. The municipalities of Montsevelier, Vermes and Vicques merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Val Terbi.[1] On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Corban merged into the municipality of Val Terbi.

History

Montsevelier is first mentioned in 1136 as Muzivilir. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Mutzwil, however, that name is no longer used Vermes is first mentioned in 866 as Vertima. In 1308 it was mentioned as Vermunt. Vicques is first mentioned in 866 as Vicum.

Geography

Val Terbi has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of . Of this area, about 43.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 51.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.6% is unproductive land. In the 2013/18 survey a total of 131ha or about 3.4% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 50ha over the 1982 amount. Of the agricultural land, 25ha is used for orchards and vineyards, 1229ha is fields and grasslands and 515ha consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1982 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 44ha. Over the same time period the amount of forested land has decreased by 19ha. Rivers and lakes cover 33ha in the municipality.[2] [3]

The municipality of Corban chose to merge into Val Terbi on 1 January 2018.[4]

Demographics

Val Terbi has a population of ., 7.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 5 years (2010-2015) the population has changed at a rate of 2.62%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2015, was 7.2, while the death rate was 8.0 per thousand residents.[3]

, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 58.3% of the population and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 17.7%.[3] In 2015 there were 1,115 single residents, 1,186 people who were married or in a civil partnership, 148 widows or widowers and 177 divorced residents.[5]

In 2015 there were 1,029 private households in Val Terbi with an average household size of 2.53 persons. In 2015 about 68.4% of all buildings in the municipality were single family homes, which is about the same as the percentage in the canton (66.9%) and greater than the percentage nationally (57.4%).[6] In 2014 the rate of construction of new housing units per 1000 residents was 2.65. The vacancy rate for the municipality,, was 0.72%.[3]

Historic Population

The historical population is given in the following chart:[7] Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8)ImageSize = width:1100 height:500PlotArea = height:350 left:100 bottom:90 right:100Legend = columns:3 left:220 top:70 columnwidth:160AlignBars = justifyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:2900TimeAxis = orientation:verticalAlignBars = justifyScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:500 start:0ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:100 start:0Colors= id:MO value:green legend:Montsevelier id:VE value:blue legend:Vermes id:VI value:red legend:Vicques id:CO value:yellow legend:CorbanPlotData= color:yellowgreen width:30 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1850 from: 0 till:414 text:"414" color:MO bar:1860 from: 0 till:408 text:"408" color:MO bar:1870 from: 0 till:463 text:"463" color:MO bar:1880 from: 0 till:406 text:"406" color:MO bar:1890 from: 0 till:389 text:"389" color:MO bar:1900 from: 0 till:384 text:"384" color:MO bar:1910 from: 0 till:404 text:"404" color:MO bar:1920 from: 0 till:432 text:"432" color:MO bar:1930 from: 0 till:415 text:"415" color:MO bar:1940 from: 0 till:400 text:"400" color:MO bar:1950 from: 0 till:455 text:"455" color:MO bar:1960 from: 0 till:439 text:"439" color:MO bar:1970 from: 0 till:508 text:"508" color:MO bar:1980 from: 0 till:556 text:"556" color:MO bar:1990 from: 0 till:535 text:"535" color:MO bar:2000 from: 0 till:503 text:"503" color:MO bar:1850 from: 414 till:1019 text:"605" color:VE bar:1860 from: 408 till:964 text:"556" color:VE bar:1870 from: 463 till:1046 text:"583" color:VE bar:1880 from: 406 till:959 text:"553" color:VE bar:1890 from: 389 till:895 text:"506" color:VE bar:1900 from: 384 till:836 text:"452" color:VE bar:1910 from: 404 till:854 text:"450" color:VE bar:1920 from: 432 till:938 text:"506" color:VE bar:1930 from: 415 till:919 text:"504" color:VE bar:1940 from: 400 till:876 text:"476" color:VE bar:1950 from: 455 till:934 text:"479" color:VE bar:1960 from: 439 till:911 text:"472" color:VE bar:1970 from: 508 till:895 text:"387" color:VE bar:1980 from: 556 till:878 text:"322" color:VE bar:1990 from: 535 till:880 text:"345" color:VE bar:2000 from: 503 till:822 text:"319" color:VE bar:1850 from: 1019 till:1549 text:"530" color:VI bar:1860 from: 964 till:1515 text:"551" color:VI bar:1870 from: 1046 till:1581 text:"535" color:VI bar:1880 from: 959 till:1523 text:"564" color:VI bar:1890 from: 895 till:1413 text:"518" color:VI bar:1900 from: 836 till:1324 text:"488" color:VI bar:1910 from: 854 till:1509 text:"655" color:VI bar:1920 from: 938 till:1617 text:"679" color:VI bar:1930 from: 919 till:1686 text:"767" color:VI bar:1940 from: 876 till:1638 text:"762" color:VI bar:1950 from: 934 till:1773 text:"839" color:VI bar:1960 from: 911 till:1849 text:"938" color:VI bar:1970 from: 895 till:2003 text:"1,108" color:VI bar:1980 from: 878 till:2074 text:"1,196" color:VI bar:1990 from: 880 till:2272 text:"1,392" color:VI bar:2000 from: 822 till:2430 text:"1,608" color:VI bar:1850 from: 1549 till:1941 text:"392" color:CO bar:1860 from: 1515 till:1910 text:"395" color:CO bar:1870 from: 1581 till:2009 text:"428" color:CO bar:1880 from: 1523 till:1945 text:"422" color:CO bar:1890 from: 1413 till:1788 text:"375" color:CO bar:1900 from: 1324 till:1713 text:"389" color:CO bar:1910 from: 1509 till:1884 text:"375" color:CO bar:1920 from: 1617 till:2024 text:"407" color:CO bar:1930 from: 1686 till:2118 text:"432" color:CO bar:1940 from: 1638 till:2035 text:"397" color:CO bar:1950 from: 1773 till:2230 text:"457" color:CO bar:1960 from: 1849 till:2278 text:"429" color:CO bar:1970 from: 2003 till:2412 text:"409" color:CO bar:1980 from: 2074 till:2476 text:"402" color:CO bar:1990 from: 2272 till:2718 text:"446" color:CO bar:2000 from: 2430 till:2882 text:"452" color:CO

Sights

The entire village of Corban is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.[8]

Economy

Val Terbi is classed as a mixed agro-industrial community, a municipality where agriculture and manufacturing play a significant role in the economy. The municipality is part of the agglomeration of Delémont.[9]

, there were a total of 883 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 140 people worked in 49 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector employed 297 workers in 45 separate businesses of which there were 4 small businesses with a total of 85 employees and one mid sized business also with 85 employees. Finally, the tertiary sector provided 446 jobs in 106 businesses.[10]

In 2015 a total of 2.7% of the population received social assistance.[3]

In 2015 the average cantonal, municipal and church tax rate in the municipality for a couple with two children making was 6.4% while the rate for a single person making was 21.2%. The canton has a slightly higher than average tax rate for those making and a slightly higher than average rate for those making . In 2013 the average income in the municipality per tax payer was and the per person average was, which is less than the cantonal average of and respectively It is also less than the national per tax payer average of and the per person average of .[11]

Politics

In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the SP with 24.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (23.6%), the CSP (17.1%) and the SVP (17.1%). In the federal election, a total of 936 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 47.5%.[12]

Crime

In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in the Swiss Criminal Code (running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in Val Terbi was 31.3 per thousand residents. This rate is only 62.4% of the cantonal rate and 48.5% of the average rate in the entire country. During the same period no crimes or violations of immigration, visa or work permit laws have been perpetrated.[13]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
  2. Web site: Arealstatistik Land Use - Gemeinden nach 10 Klassen . 24 November 2016 . www.landuse-stat.admin.ch . Swiss Federal Statistical Office . 14 February 2018.
  3. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/regionalstatistik/regionale-portraets-kennzahlen/gemeinden/daten-erlaeuterungen.assetdetail.2422865.html Regionalporträts 2017: Swiss Federal Statistical Office
  4. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/grundlagen/agvch.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz
  5. https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geschlecht, Zivilstand und Geburtsort
  6. https://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/maps/13/de/12396_11973_175_169/20440.html Statistical Atlas of Switzerland - Anteil Einfamilienhäuser am gesamten Gebäudebestand, 2015
  7. https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/default.aspx?px_language=de Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000
  8. Web site: Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance. 1 January 2017. A-Objects . Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS) . 6 September 2017.
  9. Web site: Die Raumgliederungen der Schweiz 2016 . Swiss Federal Statistical Office . Neuchâtel, Switzerland . de, fr, it, en . 17 February 2016 . 14 December 2016.
  10. https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/kataloge-datenbanken/daten.assetdetail.331681.html Federal Statistical Office -Arbeitsstätten und Beschäftigte nach Gemeinde, Wirtschaftssektor und Grössenklasse
  11. Web site: 18 - Öffentliche Finanzen > Steuern . Swiss Atlas. Swiss Federal Statistical Office . 26 April 2017.
  12. Web site: Nationalratswahlen 2015: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung nach Gemeinden. Swiss Federal Statistical Office. de. National council elections 2015: strength of the parties and voter turnout by municipality. 18 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160802003536/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/07/03.html. 2 August 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  13. https://www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/maps/13/de/11488_11587_3864_7266/19010.html Statistical Atlas of Switzerland

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