The youngest Swiss canton is celebrating its half-century of existence this weekend. For once, its standard is celebrated in a photo exhibition.
The Jura flag deployed in the waters of the Maldives in April 2024.
BASILE CHARMILLOT / NATHALIE LASSELIN
Published today at 10:34 a.m.
It flew everywhere on this historic afternoon of June 23, 1974. That Sunday, it was impossible to dissociate the Jura flag from the vote which had just taken place in the seven districts of the Bernese Jura. 52% of citizens have just said yes to the constitution of a 23e Swiss canton.
Birth of Jura
Picnic of the sections of the Jura Rally and the Bélier Group, Bassecourt, April 1976
CHRISTINE CHOFFAT
If two years later, four districts finally refused the autonomist adventure, this day of June 23 will mark the birth of the canton of Jura. A date that every Jura schoolchild now learns by heart at school and which he remembers for the rest of his life, helped by the fact that this day is now a public holiday.
Fifty years later, this emblem is once again inseparable from the events which punctuate this jubilee almost everywhere in the canton, but also in Moutier, which will officially join the Jura in 2026.
Les Bois (JU), May 2024.
CAROLE TSCHAPPAT
The flag everywhere!
The flag will be visible during official games. But it will also color the culmination of the demonstrations this Sunday afternoon. A large procession is planned in the streets of Delémont to recall the parades which punctuated the fight for Jura autonomy.
Le Béridier, Delémont, December 2023.
NICOLAS ZAMBETTI
But that’s not all. At the same time, an exhibition will highlight this standard which has become a symbol of struggle. The Jura has in fact launched a major photography competition entitled “It flies our flag”. Jurassians from here and elsewhere were asked to send their best photos featuring the flag.
The most beautiful photos – including that of the winner revealed Thursday evening, where we see a Jura flag deployed in the waters of the Maldives – will be visible until August on the esplanade of the Théâtre du Jura, in Delémont. And for all those who can’t make it there, here are our favorites.
Paris Metro Bastille, April 2023
ALINE BAOUR
Liverpool-Burnley match at Anfield stadium, February 2024.
REMI GERBER
AttiÉholz Areal (SO), April 2024
ALAIN MACQUAT
Himalayan range.
BASTIEN GUÉLAT
AlleÉ(JU), February 2024
JEAN PRETOT
Wedding in Brittany, August 2022.
DOVE ACKERMANN
Iceland, near the ancient Viti volcano, September 2021.
SIMON EGLI
Florent Quiquerez has been a journalist in the Switzerland section since 2015. Specializing in politics, he primarily covers federal news. Previously, he worked as a parliamentary correspondent for Radios Régionales Romandes.More informations
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