Montfaucon (Jura)

Montfaucon
Hotel du Lion d'Or in Montfaucon village
Coat of arms
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Location of Montfaucon
Coordinates: 47°17′N 07°03′E / 47.283°N 7.050°E / 47.283; 7.050Coordinates: 47°17′N 07°03′E / 47.283°N 7.050°E / 47.283; 7.050
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Jura
District	Franches-Montagnes
Government
• Mayor	Maire
Area
• Total	18.24 km2 (7.04 sq mi)
Elevation	996 m (3,268 ft)
Population (Dec 2016)
• Total	629
• Density	34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Postal code	2362
SFOS number	6751
Surrounded by	Le Bémont, Les Enfers, Saint-Brais, Lajoux , Les Genevez, Tramelan(BE)
Website	http://www.montfaucon.ch SFSO statistics

Montfaucon is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 the former municipality of Montfavergier merged into Montfaucon.

Montfaucon is first mentioned in 1125 as de Monte Falconis. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Falkenberg, however, that name is no longer used.

Montfaucon has an area of 18.24 km² (7.04 sq mi). Of this area, 11.95 km² (4.61 sq mi) or 65.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.51 km² (2.13 sq mi) or 30.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.71 km² (0.27 sq mi) or 3.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.1 km² (25 acres) or 0.5% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 26.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 4.6% is used for growing crops and 37.2% is pastures and 23.6% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

The municipality is located in the Franches-Montagnes district, on a ridge between Glovelier and Saignelégier. It consists of the villages of Montfaucon and Montfavergier.

The municipalities of Le Bémont, Les Bois, Les Breuleux, La Chaux-des-Breuleux, Les Enfers, Les Genevez, Lajoux, Montfaucon, Muriaux, Le Noirmont, Saignelégier, Saint-Brais and Soubey are considering a merger on at a date in the future into the new municipality of Franches-Montagnes.