Haute-Ajoie
| Haute-Ajoie | |
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Chevenez village
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| Coordinates: 47°23′N 07°00′E / 47.383°N 7.000°ECoordinates: 47°23′N 07°00′E / 47.383°N 7.000°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Jura |
| District | Porrentruy |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Maire |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.46 km2 (14.08 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 491 m (1,611 ft) |
| Population (Dec 2015) | |
| • Total | 946 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 2906 |
| SFOS number | 6809 |
| Surrounded by | Grandfontaine, Rocourt, Fahy, Bure, Courtedoux, Bressaucourt, Vaufrey (F), Montjoie-le-Château (F), Villars-lès-Blamont (F), Dannemarie (F), Montancy (F), Glère(F) |
| Website |
www SFSO statistics |
Haute-Ajoie is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It was founded on January 1, 2009 by the former municipalities of Chevenez, Damvant, Réclère and Roche-d'Or.
Haute-Ajoie has an area of 36.46 km2 (14.08 sq mi). Of this area, 20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi) or 55.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.62 km2 (5.64 sq mi) or 40.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.45 km2 (0.56 sq mi) or 4.0% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.01 km2 (2.5 acres) or 0.0% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 36.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.6% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 25.4% is used for growing crops and 25.9% is pastures and 3.8% is used for alpine pastures.
Haute-Ajoie has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 946. As of 2010[update], 7.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of -2.4%. Migration accounted for 0.2%, while births and deaths accounted for -0.8%.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (91.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (6.8%) and Italian is the third (0.4%).
As of 2008[update], the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female. The population was made up of 460 Swiss men (46.1% of the population) and 41 (4.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 460 Swiss women (46.1%) and 36 (3.6%) non-Swiss women. As of 2000[update], children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.6% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.8%.
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