Adam-lès-Vercel
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Valdahon | |
| Community association | Portes du Haut-Doubs | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 10 ' N , 6 ° 23' E | |
| height | 634-821 m | |
| surface | 3.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 103 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 32 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25530 | |
| INSEE code | 25007 | |
 Mairie Adam-lès-Vercel |
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Adam-lès-Vercel is a French municipality with 103 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Adam-lès-Vercel is located 666 m above sea level, four kilometers northeast of Valdahon and about 29 km east-southeast of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The street line village extends in the Jura , on the eastern edge of the plateau of Valdahon, the so-called first plateau of the Jura, at the foot of the ridge of the Mont de Goux .
The area of the 3.19 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The north-western part of the area is occupied by the low relief high plateau of Valdahon, which is an average of 650 m. It is predominantly made up of arable and meadow land, partly also of forest. The plateau has no above-ground watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil . To the southeast, the community area extends over the wooded ridge of the Mont de Goux and reaches the highest point of Adam-lès-Vercel at 818 m in the Grand Bois et Viard .
Neighboring municipalities of Adam-lès-Vercel are Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp in the north and east, Épenoy in the south and Chevigney-lès-Vercel in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Adam-lès-Vercel belonged to the Vercel domain. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Since 1998 Adam-lès-Vercel has been a member of the 44 localities community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Pierrefontaine-Vercel .
On January 1, 2009, the arrondissement membership of the municipality was changed. Previously belonging to the Arrondissement Besançon , Adam-lès-Vercel came to the Arrondissement Pontarlier together with the other municipalities of the canton .
Attractions
Adam-lès-Vercel has a wash house and a trough from the 18th century.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1881 | 101 |
| 1962 | 67 |
| 1968 | 62 |
| 1975 | 47 |
| 1982 | 53 |
| 1990 | 65 |
| 1999 | 67 |
| 2006 | 83 |
| 2016 | 102 |
With 103 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Adam-lès-Vercel is one of the smallest municipalities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century - 101 people were still counted in 1881 - there has been slight population growth again since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Adam-lès-Vercel 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 no jobs in the village. Many workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is located off the main thoroughfares near a departmental road that leads from Valdahon to Baume-les-Dames . Another road connection is with Épenoy.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , p. 1319.
