Arc-sous-Cicon
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Ornans | |
| Community association | Montbenoît | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 3 ' N , 6 ° 23' E | |
| height | 776-1,140 m | |
| surface | 28.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 665 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25520 | |
| INSEE code | 25025 | |
| Website | http://www.arc-sous-cicon.fr/ | |
 Arc-sous-Cicon: View of the village from the Pérouses in SW |
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Arc-sous-Cicon is a French municipality with 665 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Arc-sous-Cicon is located at 793 m , about 16 kilometers north of the city of Pontarlier (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in a closed basin at the northern foot of the Crêt Monniot , in the heights east of the Loue valley .
The area of the 28.49 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the Arc Basin, which is 2.5 km wide and 6 km long and averages 800 m. It is mainly made up of meadow and pasture land, but also shows some boggy areas. The basin has no noteworthy above-ground running waters because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. The Arc basin is flanked on all sides by wooded ridges. To the north are the heights of La Côte ( 957 m ) and the hills of Cicon. In the south, the basin is dominated by the wide ridge of the Crêt Monniot , on which the highest point of Arc-sous-Cicon is reached at 1141 m. This ridge forms an anticline the Jura folds and is in accordance with the scanning direction of the mountain in this region in the direction southwest-northeast oriented. The summit area is covered by pastureland.
In addition to the actual village, Arc-sous-Cicon also includes various hamlets and numerous individual farms, including:
- Le Plaimbois ( 830 m ) on the eastern edge of the Arc basin
- Les Cordiers ( 845 m ) at the north foot of the Crêt Monniot
Neighboring municipalities of Arc-sous-Cicon are
- Les Premiers Sapins with Nods in the north,
- Passonfontaine in the north,
- Longemaison and Gilley in the east,
- La Chaux in the south
- Aubonne and Chasnans to the west.
history
The Arc area was reclaimed and settled in the 11th century. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the dominions of Cicon and Châteauvieux. Together with Franche-Comté , it came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
population
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 684 | 648 | 598 | 604 | 507 | 532 | 603 | 670 |
With 665 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Arc-sous-Cicon is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (980 people were still counted in 1891), slight population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1990s.
Attractions
The village church of Saint-Étienne was built in the 19th century. The château dates from the second half of the 17th century. Various farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries in the traditional Franche-Comté style have been preserved in the town center. The Vau-Navier chapel is located at the western entrance to the Arc basin .
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Arc-sous-Cicon was a village dominated by agriculture (livestock and dairy farming, arable farming) and forestry. In addition, there are now various small businesses, especially in the wood processing sector. Many workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is located away from the major thoroughfares on a department road that leads from Orchamps-Vennes to Saint-Gorgon-Main . Further road connections exist with Passonfontaine and La Chaux.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 734-737.
