Étupes
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbeliard | |
| Canton | Bethoncourt | |
| Community association | Pays de Montbéliard agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 30 ' N , 6 ° 52' E | |
| height | 319-406 m | |
| surface | 9.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,727 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 378 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25460 | |
| INSEE code | 25228 | |
 Mairie Etupes |
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Étupes is French municipality with 3727 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the canton of Bethoncourt in the arrondissement of Montbéliard .
geography
Étupes is located at 330 m , about five kilometers east of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends to the east of the Montbéliard basin, on the southern edge of the wide valley floor at the confluence of the Savoureuse and Allan rivers on the Charme brook, at the northern foot of the extreme northern Jura heights with the Caux plateau.
The area of the municipal area of 9.87 km² covers a section of the basin of Montbéliard on the southern edge of the Burgundian Gate (Trouée de Belfort). The northern part of the area is occupied by the approximately two kilometers wide valley of the Allan, which is on average 320 m. The waterway of the Rhine-Rhône Canal and the junction of the Canal de la Haute-Saône are also located in this valley .
The southern part of the municipality includes the valley system of the Dorfbach Charme . This rises in the area of the village, but has several dry valleys in its catchment area , which are sunk in wide hollows into the surrounding plateau. Almost the entire plateau of Caux, which forms the northern end of the Table Jura , is covered with forest ( Bois du Fahy and Bois des Écouteaux ). At 406 m, the Bois du Fahy is the highest point in Étupes.
Neighboring municipalities of Étupes are Vieux-Charmont , Brognard and Allenjoie in the north, Fesches-le-Châtel and Dampierre-les-Bois in the east, Dasle , Audincourt and Taillecourt in the south and Exincourt and Sochaux in the west.
history
Individual finds indicate that the municipality of Étupes was already populated during Roman times. It was first mentioned in a document in 1294 under the name Esteupes . Over time, the spelling changed via Estoupe (1448), Estupes (1481) and Estupe (1738) to today's Étupes. In the Middle Ages, Étupes was part of the Cusance-Belvoir lordship, which came to the Counts of Montbéliard in the 16th century. They introduced the Reformation in 1541 . With the annexation of the county of Montbéliard , Étupes finally came into French hands in 1793. The three-winged castle, built by the counts in 1770, later became state property. It was demolished in 1801 to eliminate a symbol of the Ancien Régime.
Unlike many communities in the Pays de Montbéliard, Étupes remained dominated by agriculture in the 19th century, despite its proximity to the Peugeot factories in Sochaux. Industrialization did not begin until the 20th century. The Technoland industrial and commercial zone has been in existence since the 1970s.
Attractions
The church, original patron saint Saint-Laurent, was first mentioned in 1380 and after the destruction upon incidence of Guise (1587/1588) on the same site as a Lutheran church ( Temple luthérien up) again and increases the 1747th The current tower was built in 1777–1781. This makes it one of the twenty churches that were rebuilt or renovated on behalf of Duke Charles Eugen during his long reign. Today's ship was largely new, taller and larger built in 1838/1839.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1901 | 840 |
| 1926 | 820 |
| 1954 | 1101 |
| 1962 | 2471 |
| 1968 | 5198 |
| 1975 | 5250 |
| 1982 | 4671 |
| 1990 | 3603 |
| 1999 | 3543 |
| 2004 | 3467 |
| 2017 | 3727 |
With 3727 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Étupes is one of the medium-sized communities in the Doubs department. After the population had shown relatively small fluctuations in the first half of the 20th century, a significant increase in population began around 1955: within a little more than ten years the population quintupled. With almost 5300 inhabitants, the previous high was reached in the mid-1970s. The economic crisis and the restructuring of industry in the Pays de Montbéliard from 1975 to 1990 resulted in many workers and families moving away and the population falling sharply. This downward trend is continuing, albeit to a lesser extent. Since the peak, Étupes has lost around 1,800 inhabitants, a decrease of 33%. The settlement area of Étupes has almost completely merged with that of Exincourt.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until the 20th century, Étupes was an agricultural community. Since the beginning of the establishment of the technology park (Technoland) in the 1970s in the valley between the Rhine-Rhone Canal and the foot of the hillside of the high plateau, Étupes has developed into an industrial and commercial location. There are now more than 2000 jobs here, which makes Étupes a commuter community. Various companies from the sectors of printing articles, machine and tool construction, automobile construction and accessories, production of steel pipes and cables, metal construction and ventilation are located in this technology park. Furthermore, numerous companies that are active in the service sector have set up shop, such as trading and logistics companies, engineering offices, sales of medical-pharmaceutical articles, cleaning and transport companies. There are also numerous retail shops for daily needs and other large shops. A power station is also located on the western outskirts.
The town has good transport links: it is on the main road D463, which leads from Montbéliard to Delle . The nearest connection to the A36 motorway , which crosses the municipality, is about two kilometers away. Further road connections exist with Taillecourt, Dasle and Fesches-le-Châtel. Étupes is connected to the city of Montbéliard by a bus line.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Cf. “Étupes: le temple luthérien” , on: Les temples ou églises luthériennes de France , see there also subchapter 'Historique', accessed on January 21, 2016.
- ↑ Georges-Frédéric Goguel, Précis historique de la Réformation et des églises protestantes dans l'ancien comté de Montbéliard et ses dépendances , Paris: Marc-Aurel frères, 1841, p. 148.