Étueffont
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Territoire de Belfort | |
| Arrondissement | Belfort | |
| Canton | Giromagny | |
| Community association | Vosges du Sud | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 43 ' N , 6 ° 55' E | |
| height | 399-915 m | |
| surface | 12.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,491 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 119 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 90170 | |
| INSEE code | 90041 | |
| Website | http://www.etueffont.fr/ | |
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Étueffont (German earlier Staufen ) is a French commune in the department Territoire de Belfort in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . The municipality was created in 1973 through the merger of Étueffont-Haut (formerly Oberstaufen ) and Étueffont-Bas (formerly Unterstaufen ).
geography
Étueffont is located 450 m above sea level, about eleven kilometers north-northeast of the city of Belfort (as the crow flies). The village extends in a hilly area in the southern foreland of the Vosges on both sides of the river Madeleine between the hills of the Forêt de Roppe in the south and the Baerenkopf in the north. It is located in the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
The area of the 12.53 km² municipal area includes a section in the area of the Vosges foothills. The central part of the area is crossed in a north-south direction by the Madeleine valley. This emerges from the village of the Vosges in the Etueffont basin. Further to the south, the valley widens to a plain about two kilometers wide. The Madeleine receives further inflows from several short side streams, which with their valleys structure the relief strongly. In hollows, especially in a valley west of Étueffont-Bas, there are numerous ponds that were once created for fish farming. To the south, the municipality extends in the hilly Vosges foothills to the headwaters of the Autruche on the edge of the Forêt de Roppe .
North of the Etueffont basin, the terrain rises rapidly to the densely forested heights on both sides of the Madeleine valley. On its east side the valley is flanked by the Tête le Moine (790 m), on the west side by the Fayé . On the latter, the highest elevation of Étueffont is reached with 915 m. These two heights belong to the range of hills of the Baerenkopf, which extend southwards.
The municipality of Étueffont consists of the districts of Étueffont-Haut (450 m) in a basin of the Madeleine at the foot of the Vosges and Étueffont-Bas (421 m) in the valley level of the Madeleine, as well as some farms. Neighboring municipalities of Étueffont are Lamadeleine-Val-des-Anges in the north, Rougemont-le-Château in the east, Anjoutey in the south and Grosmagny and Petitmagny in the west.
history
Étueffont is first mentioned in a document in 1188 in a bull by Pope Clement III . It belonged to the lordship of Rosemont and was the capital of a dairy farm, which also included the surrounding villages on the upper reaches of the Madeleine. In the middle of the 14th century, Étueffont came under the rule of the Habsburgs. Together with the Sundgau , the village came to the French crown with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Since 1793 it belonged to the Haut-Rhin department , but in 1871 it remained as part of the Territoire de Belfort, unlike the rest of Alsace, in France.
As early as the end of the Middle Ages, metalworking trades settled in Étueffont, with forging, lead mining and the production of charcoal being important. In the course of the 19th century weaving mills were added and a spinning mill around 1890. In the autumn of 1913, Étueffont was connected to the French railway network by a narrow-gauge railway line that led via Les Errues to Belfort. After the Second World War, however, operations were stopped. Until the merger in 1973, Étueffont-Haut and Étueffont-Bas formed two independent municipalities, the settlement area of which, however, has grown together almost completely today. In 1984 the municipality moved from the canton of Giromagny to the canton of Rougemont-le-Château (until 2015). Today, Étueffont is the administrative seat of the community association Communauté de communes du Pays Sous Vosgien, comprising 14 municipalities .
Attractions
The Saint-Valbert church was rebuilt at the beginning of the 18th century. The Chapelle du Mont Bonnet on a hill east of the village dates from the 19th century. The Forge-Musée is located in a house that was built around 1840. In this museum the blacksmith's trade in the 19th century is brought closer to the visitor.
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Étueffont
Blacksmith Museum
Saint-Valbert Church
Saint-Valbert Church, northeast side
population
With 1,491 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Étueffont is one of the smaller municipalities in the Territoire de Belfort department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1750 people were still counted in 1901), the population has continued to grow steadily since the mid-1970s.
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2010 |
| Residents | 1071 | 968 | 971 | 1081 | 1324 | 1326 | 1469 |
Economy and Infrastructure
Étueffont was early on a village mainly characterized by trade and industry. Today there are various small and medium-sized businesses. The textile industry, wood processing and precision mechanics are among the important sectors. There are also many shops for daily needs in Étueffont. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the agglomerations of Belfort and Mülhausen . Étueffont has an institute for the treatment of paralyzed children and is the location of a vocational school.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on a departmental road that leads from Giromagny along the Vosges foot to Masevaux . The next connection to the Autoroute A 36 is about eight kilometers away. There are other road connections with Les Errues, Lamadeleine-Val-des-Anges and Saint-Nicolas. Étueffont is connected to the city of Belfort by a bus line.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Territoire de Belfort. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-037-X , pp. 225-228.
