Rocourt () is a former municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Porrentruy (district), Porrentruy in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Jura, Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Rocourt merged into the municipality of Haute-Ajoie.
History
Rocourt is first mentioned in 1148 as ''Rocort''.
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Geography
Rocourt has an area of . Of this area, or 59.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 36.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 4.7% is settled (buildings or roads).[Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics]
2009 data accessed 25 March 2010
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.6%. Out of the forested land, 31% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 21% is used for growing crops and 35% is pastures and 3% is used for alpine pastures.[
The municipality is located in the Porrentruy district. The village of Rocourt consists of two sections which are divided by the Porrentruy-Besançon road.
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Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is ''Gules billetty Or a Cross of the last.''
Demographics
Rocourt has a population () of . , 1.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals.[Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Superweb database - Gemeinde Statistics 1981-2008]
accessed 19 June 2010 Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 1.3%. Migration accounted for 2.6%, while births and deaths accounted for -2.6%.
accessed 3 January 2012[
, the population was 47.5% male and 52.5% female. The population was made up of 74 Swiss men (46.8% of the population) and 1 (0.6%) non-Swiss men. There were 82 Swiss women (52%) and 1 (0.6%) non-Swiss woman. Of the population in the municipality, 75 (≈ 53%) were born in Rocourt and lived there in 2000. There were 32 or 22% who were born in the same canton, while 26 or 18% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 7 (≈ 5%) were born outside of Switzerland.][
, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 21%.][
, there were 51 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 75 married individuals, 9 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.][STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000]
accessed 2 February 2011
, there were 56 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household.[ There were 12 households that consist of only one person and 7 households with five or more people. , a total of 54 apartments (69% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 18 apartments (23%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (8%) were empty.][Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen]
accessed 28 January 2011 , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.3 new units per 1000 residents.[
The historical population is given in the following chart:]
Sights
The entire village of Rocourt is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites
Politics
In the 2007 Swiss federal election, 2007 federal election the most popular party was the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, CVP which received 43% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, SPS (29%), the FDP.The Liberals, FDP (17%) and the Swiss People's Party, SVP (8%). In the federal election, a total of 78 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 62%.
Economy
, Rocourt had an unemployment rate of 2%. , there were 29 people employed in the Primary sector of the economy, primary economic sector and about 10 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the Secondary sector of the economy, secondary sector. 7 people were employed in the Tertiary sector of the economy, tertiary sector, with 2 businesses in this sector.[ There were 76 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42% of the workforce.
the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 25. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 21, all of which were in agriculture. There were no jobs in the secondary sector. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4.
, there were 2 workers who commuted into the municipality and 47 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 23.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering.][Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]
accessed 24 June 2010 Of the working population, 9% used public transportation to get to work, and 62% used a private car.[
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Religion
From the , 113 (≈ 80%) were Roman Catholic, while 17 (≈ 12%) belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islamic. There were 3 individuals who belonged to another church. 7 (≈ 5%) belonged to no church, are Agnosticism, agnostic or Atheism, atheist.[
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Education
In Rocourt about 37 (≈ 26%) of the population have completed non-mandatory Education in Switzerland#Secondary, upper secondary education, and 14 (≈ 10%) have completed additional higher education (either List of universities in Switzerland, university or a ''Fachhochschule''). Of the 14 who completed tertiary schooling, 64% were Swiss men, 36% were Swiss women.[
The Canton of Jura school system provides two year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, 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 a three or four year optional upper Secondary school followed by some form of Tertiary school or they may enter an apprenticeship.][
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References
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Former municipalities of the canton of Jura