Le Noirmont
municipality in the canton of Jura, Switzerland
Le Noirmont is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
History
Le Noirmont is first mentioned in 1454 as Noirmont. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Schwarzenberg, however, that name is no longer used.
Geography
Le Noirmont has an area of 20.39 km2 (7.87 sq mi). Of this area, 10.34 km2 (3.99 mi2) or 50.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 8.7 km2 (3.4 mi2) or 42.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.25 km2 (0.48 mi2) or 6.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes and 0.12 km2 (30 acres) or 0.6% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 37.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.0% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 1.0% is used for growing crops and 31.4% is pastures and 18.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
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