Péry-La Heutte

Péry-La Heutte is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

He incorporated it into the seigniory of Erguel and gave the village to the Lords of Péry who ruled from Châtillon Castle, now a ruin, on a nearby hill.

Beginning in the 14th century the feudal levies from Péry were part of the Erguel army under the command of Biel.

During the mid 14th century, the Prince-Bishop of Basel Johann II von Munsingen, granted Rondchâtel to his brother Conrad, who was an ecclesiastical bailiff of Biel in 1340-65.

Starting at the end of the 14th century, Rondchâtel fief was owned by the de Nans and d'Orsans families out of Franche-Comté.

[4] The Prince-Bishop of Basel, Johann Franz von Schönau-Zell (Bishop 1651-1656), had a blast furnace built at La Reuchenette in 1654.

The watch manufacturer Dreyfus Frères SA of Biel opened a branch company in 1903 in Péry.

The building was converted in 1934 into a typewriter ribbon, stencils and carbon paper factory under the name Carfa SA.

So La Heutte adopted the Protestant Reformation in 1530, when Biel converted the entire parish of Péry to the new faith.

During the 18th century, Biel attempted to expand its power, which caused frequent conflicts with the neighboring villages, including La Heutte.

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[10] The Le Van, a medieval glass factory, is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire Taubenloch canyon is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

Aerial view of Péry (1950)
Rondchâtel cement factory and quarry
Taubenlochschlucht (Taubenloch Canyon) in the municipality
Ruins of the Le Van medieval glass factory