Corcelle-Mieslot
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Canton | Baume-les-Dames | |
| Community association | Doubs Baumois | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 22 ' N , 6 ° 11' E | |
| height | 232-444 m | |
| surface | 6.42 km 2 | |
| Residents | 109 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25640 | |
| INSEE code | 25163 | |
 Mairie Corcelle-Mieslot |
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Corcelle-Mieslot is a French municipality with 109 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Corcelle-Mieslot is located at 260 m , about 18 kilometers northeast of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the valley basin of the Ruisseau de la Corcelle , south of the Ognon , on the edge of the extreme northwestern ridges of the Jura .
The area of the 6.42 km² municipal area covers a section of the undulating landscape between the river valleys of Doubs and Ognon. The central part of the area is taken up by the wide basin of the Ruisseau de la Corcelle , which provides drainage to the north to the Ognon. The valley basin is flanked in the east by the heights of the Bois de la Côte du Mont (up to 340 m) and in the west by the ridge of the Bois de Fays , which forms the northeasternmost foothills of the Grande Côte ridge . The highest point of Corcelle-Mieslot is reached here at 444 m.
Neighboring communities of Corcelle-Mieslot are Rigney and Rignosot in the north, La Tour-de-Sçay and Pouligney-Lusans in the east and Marchaux-Chaudefontaine in the southwest.
history
In the Middle Ages Corcelle and Mieslot belonged to the domain of La Roche sur-l'Ognon. Together with Franche-Comté , both villages came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. The two villages merged in 1823 to form the municipality of Corcelle-Mieslot. Today Corcelle-Mieslot is part of the Doubs Baumois municipal association .
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 49 |
| 1968 | 45 |
| 1975 | 42 |
| 1982 | 55 |
| 1990 | 88 |
| 1999 | 83 |
| 2016 | 108 |
With 109 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Corcelle-Mieslot is one of the smallest communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (116 people were still counted in 1891), population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Corcelle-Mieslot was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry until well into the 20th century. Even today, the residents live mainly from their work in the first sector. Outside the primary sector there are few jobs in the village. Some workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is located off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Besançon to Rougemont . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around six kilometers away. Another road connection is with Lusans.
