Bonfol
Also known as Bonfol JU
Bonfol (; Frainc-Comtou: Bonfô) is a former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It was also home to one of the most hazardous waste landfills in all of Switzerland.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Bonfol
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Bonfol, Eglise Saint-Laurent 2.jpg
- Swiss town.image_caption
- The church of Saint-Laurent at Bonfol
- Swiss town.imagepath_flag
- CHE Bonfol Flag.svg
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Bonfol-blazon.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Jura
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-JU
- Swiss town.district
- Porrentruy
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 2944
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6775
- Swiss town.area
- 13.59
Article
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- History
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- Bonfol waste dump
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
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Bonfol (; Frainc-Comtou: Bonfô) is a former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It was also home to one of the most hazardous waste landfills in all of Switzerland.
==History== Bonfol is first mentioned in 1136 as Bunfol. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Pumpfel, however, that name is no longer used. According to tradition, the village was founded after the Burgundian Wars for Stephan of Hagenbach, a vassal of Charles the Bold, to replace his destroyed villages of Bonfol-le-Vieux, Trunchéré and Vareroille.
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