Soulce

Soulce is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Bassecourt, Courfaivre, Glovelier, Soulce and Undervelier merged to form the new municipality of Haute-Sorne.

History

Soulce is first mentioned in 1148 as Sulza. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Sulz, however, that name is no longer used.

Geography

Soulce had an area of 14.77 km² (5.70 sq mi). Of this area, 3.98 km² (1.54 sq mi) or 26.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 10.44 km² (4.03 sq mi) or 70.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.28 km² (0.11 sq mi) or 1.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.7%. Out of the forested land, 67.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 5.8% is used for growing crops and 10.3% is pastures and 10.7% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.