Grandfontaine, Switzerland
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| Coordinates: 47°23′N 06°56′E / 47.383°N 6.933°ECoordinates: 47°23′N 06°56′E / 47.383°N 6.933°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Jura | |
| District | Porrentruy | |
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Maire Roland Hermann |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 8.98 km2 (3.47 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 529 m (1,736 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 392 | |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Gueillemetins | |
| Postal code | 2908 | |
| SFOS number | 6792 | |
| Localities | Grandfontaine | |
| Surrounded by | Damvant, Réclère, Roche-d'Or, Rocourt, Fahy, Abbévillers(F), Glay(F), Dannemarie(F) | |
| Website |
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Grandfontaine is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Grandfontaine is first mentioned in 1136 as Granfontana.
Grandfontaine has an area of 8.98 km2 (3.47 sq mi). Of this area, 5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi) or 64.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.54 km2 (0.98 sq mi) or 28.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.6 km2 (0.23 sq mi) or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.7%. Out of the forested land, 25.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 40.0% is used for growing crops and 23.1% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops.
The municipality is located in the Porrentruy district, in a small valley near the Porrentruy to Besançon road. The large fountain and the bath house, both from the 19th century, are located on the karst spring that gave this village its name.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Cross Sable between 20 billets of the last.
Grandfontaine has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 392. As of 2008[update], 3.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 0.6%. Migration accounted for 2.2%, while births and deaths accounted for 3.4%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (301 or 91.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (28 or 8.5%) and English is the third (1 or 0.3%).
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