Champoz () is a
municipality
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in the
Jura bernois administrative district in the
canton of Bern
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in
Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking part of the canton in the
Jura mountains
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History
Champoz was first mentioned in 1365 as ''Champo''.
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The ]Roman
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army built an observation post on the mountainside near the present day village. Very little is known about the early history of the village, but throughout its history it was owned by the bailiff of Malleray
Malleray is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (''Jura Bernois''). On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Bévilard, Mall ...
who was under the authority of the provost of Moutier-Grandval Abbey
Moutier-Grandval Abbey was a Benedictine abbey near the villages of Moutier and Grandval in today's Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It was founded around 640, when Grandval already existed; Moutier gre ...
. In 1499, during the Swabian War
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, Imperial
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troops destroyed the village. Both before and after the Protestant Reformation
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in 1531 it was part of the parish
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of Chalières. This changed in 1746 when it became part of the Bévilard parish.[
After the 1797 French victory and the ]Treaty of Campo Formio
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, Champoz became part of the French Département
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of Mont-Terrible
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The Mont Terrible for which the department was named is now known as , a peak of 804 metres near Courgenay (now in the canton of Jura, Switzerland). The ...
. Three years later, in 1800 it became part of the Département of Haut-Rhin
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. After Napoleon's defeat and the Congress of Vienna
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, Champoz was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815.[
The village is located in the mountains above the Tavannes valley. Because of its location, during the 19th century the roads, railroads and industrialization of the valley bypassed Champoz. Today, many residents still work in agriculture while others commute to jobs in the Tavannes valley.][
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Geography
Champoz has an area of . As of 2012, a total of or 46.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 50.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 2.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
During the same year, housing and buildings made up 1.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.4%. Out of the forested land, 44.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 6.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 11.4% is used for growing crops and 15.9% is pastures and 18.7% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.[
The municipality is located in the Moutier district, on the southern slope of Moron mountain. It consists of the ]linear village
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of Champoz and part of the hamlet
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of Le Petit-Champoz.
On 31 December 2009 District de Moutier, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.[Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz]
accessed 4 April 2011
Coat of arms
The blazon
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of the municipal coat of arms
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is ''Or issuant from a Mount Vert a Gentian Azure slipped and leaved of the second and on a Chief Gules fimbriated Vert a Semi Sun issuant Argent.''
Demographics
Champoz has a population () of . , 0.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2001-2011) the population has changed at a rate of 2.6%. Migration accounted for 5.2%, while births and deaths accounted for 0.7%.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office]
accessed 10 June 2013
Most of the population () speaks French (137 or 90.7%) as their first language with the rest speaking German
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, the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. The population was made up of 76 Swiss men (49.7% of the population) and (0.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 76 Swiss women (49.7%) and 1 (0.7%) non-Swiss women.][Statistical office of the Canton of Bern]
accessed 4 January 2012 Of the population in the municipality, 71 or about 47.0% were born in Champoz and lived there in 2000. There were 63 or 41.7% who were born in the same canton, while 12 or 7.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 5 or 3.3% were born outside of Switzerland.[
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.5% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 61.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.7%.][
, there were 72 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 74 married individuals, 3 widows or widowers and 2 individuals who are divorced.][STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 10 households that consist of only one person and 10 households with five or more people. , a total of 46 apartments (66.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 18 apartments (26.1%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (7.2%) were empty.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011 The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.35%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Sights
The entire village of Champoz is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.
Politics
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 60.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP) (8.6%), the Evangelical People's Party (EVP) (8%) and the Christian Social Party (CSP) (8%). In the federal election, a total of 80 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
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was 64.0%.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2011 Election]
accessed 8 May 2012
Economy
, Champoz had an unemployment rate of 1.79%. , there were a total of 41 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 3 people were employed in the secondary sector
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and there were 2 businesses in this sector. 6 people were employed in the tertiary sector
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, with 3 businesses in this sector.[ There were 65 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 35.4% of the workforce.
there were a total of 30 ]full-time equivalent
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jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 21, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 3 of which 1 was in manufacturing and 2 (66.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 6. In the tertiary sector; 2 or 33.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 33.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 33.3% were in education.
, there were 11 workers who commuted into the municipality and 34 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 3.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. A total of 31 workers (73.8% of the 42 total workers in the municipality) both lived and worked in Champoz.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 1.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 49.2% used a private car.[
In 2011 the average local and cantonal tax rate on a married resident of Champoz making 150,000 CHF was 12.4%, while an unmarried resident's rate was 18.2%. For comparison, the average rate for the entire canton in 2006 was 13.9% and the nationwide rate was 11.6%.][Regionale Disparitäten in der Schweiz - Schlüsselindikatoren]
accessed 15 May 2013 In 2009 there were a total of 56 tax payers in the municipality. Of that total, 20 made over 75,000 CHF per year. There was one person who made between 15,000 and 20,000 per year. The average income of the over 75,000 CHF group in Champoz was 133,815 CHF, while the average across all of Switzerland was 130,478 CHF.
Religion
From the , 75 or 49.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
, while 8 or 5.3% were Roman Catholic
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. Of the rest of the population, there were 85 individuals (or about 56.29% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 1 individual who belonged to another church. 8 (or about 5.30% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic
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or atheist
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, and 16 individuals (or about 10.60% of the population) did not answer the question.[
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Education
In Champoz about 64.5% of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education
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, and 7.9% have completed additional higher education (either university
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or a ''Fachhochschule
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'').[ Of the 7 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 71.4% were Swiss men, 28.6% were Swiss women.][
The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory ]Kindergarten
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, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude. Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship
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.[Schuljahr 2011/12 pdf document]
accessed 9 May 2013
, there were a total of 38 students attending any school in the municipality. Of those, 27 both lived and attended school in the municipality, while 11 students came from another municipality. During the same year, 15 residents attended schools outside the municipality.[
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