Aibre
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbeliard | |
| Canton | Bavans | |
| Community association | Pays d'Héricourt | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 33 ' N , 6 ° 42' E | |
| height | 348-473 m | |
| surface | 4.50 km 2 | |
| Residents | 473 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 105 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25750 | |
| INSEE code | 25008 | |
 Mairie Aibre |
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Aibre is a French municipality with 473 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Aibre is located at 360 m , about nine kilometers west-northwest of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends in the northern part of a plateau, which is embedded in the undulating landscape between the river valleys of Doubs in the south and Ognon in the north-west, on both sides of the Rupt stream.
The area of the 4.50 km² municipal area covers a section of the gently undulating landscape north of the Doube valley. The main part of the area is taken up by the Arcey plateau, which is on average 360 m. It has a width of four kilometers and a length of about five kilometers and consists mainly of arable and meadow land. The Rupt drains the area southeast to the Doubs. The plateau is flanked in the east by the Laire plateau (up to 405 m). To the northwest, the community area extends to the hills of Le Vernoy, on which the highest point of Aibre is reached at 473 m.
Neighboring municipalities of Aibre are Trémoins in the north, Laire in the east, Raynans and Semondans in the south and Désandans and Le Vernoy in the west.
history
Since the Middle Ages, the main part of Aibre belonged to the county of Montbéliard , while a small part was under the rule of Héricourt . With the occupation of the county of Montbéliard, the village finally came into French hands in 1793. Today Aibre is part of the Pays d'Héricourt municipal association .
Attractions
The current Lutheran village church of Aibre (Église luthérienne) was rebuilt in 1773 because the previous building from the pre-Reformation period had become too small. It is one of the twenty churches in the county and once dependent territories that were rebuilt or renovated on behalf of Charles Eugen during his long reign.
Village church
Chapel at the cemetery with a separate bell frame
Bridge of the LGV Rhin-Rhône over the river Rupt in the north-west of the municipality of Aibre
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 222 |
| 1968 | 221 |
| 1975 | 258 |
| 1982 | 522 |
| 1990 | 504 |
| 1999 | 455 |
| 2016 | 477 |
With 473 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Aibre is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range between 130 and 170 people, a marked increase in population was recorded between 1975 and 1982.
Economy and Infrastructure
Aibre was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) well into the 20th century. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the Montbéliard agglomeration.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main road N83, which leads from Besançon to Belfort . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around 14 kilometers away. Other road connections exist with Montbéliard and Saulnot.
Web links
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , p. 691.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See "Aibre: l'église luthérienne" , on: Les temples ou églises luthériennes de France , accessed on January 23, 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.