Bressaucourt
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| Former municipality of Switzerland | ||
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| Coordinates: 47°23′N 07°02′E / 47.383°N 7.033°ECoordinates: 47°23′N 07°02′E / 47.383°N 7.033°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Jura | |
| District | Porrentruy | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 536 m (1,759 ft) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 416 | |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 2904 | |
| SFOS number | 6776 | |
| Surrounded by | Chevenez, Courtedoux, Fontenais, Ocourt, Montancy(F) | |
| Website | SFSO statistics |
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Bressaucourt is a former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Bressaucourt merged into the municipality of Fontenais.
Bressaucourt is first mentioned in 1139 as Bersalcurt.
Before the merger, Bressaucourt had a total area of 9.5 km2 (3.7 sq mi). Of this area, 3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi) or 41.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.11 km2 (1.97 sq mi) or 53.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi) or 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.9%. Out of the forested land, 50.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 21.6% is used for growing crops and 13.9% is pastures, while 1.4% is used for orchards or vine crops and 5.0% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The former municipality is located in the Porrentruy district, on the French border.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, two Bugle-horns Or Strings interlaced Gules, on a Chief Argent a Dog Gules.
Bressaucourt has a population (as of 2010) of 416. As of 2008[update], 6.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 6.1%. Migration accounted for 2.5%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.3%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (333 or 89.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (29 or 7.8%) and Italian is the third (2 or 0.5%).
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