Argiésans
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Territoire de Belfort | |
| Arrondissement | Belfort | |
| Canton | Châtenois-les-Forges | |
| Community association | Grand Belfort | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 36 ' N , 6 ° 49' E | |
| height | 342-440 m | |
| surface | 2.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 461 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 169 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 90800 | |
| INSEE code | 90004 | |
| Website | http://argiesans.free.fr/ | |
 Argiésans Town Hall |
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Argiésans is a commune in the department Territoire de Belfort in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Argiésans is located at 349 m, about five kilometers southwest of the city of Belfort (as the crow flies). The village extends in the area of the Burgundian Gate , in a wide hollow west of the valley of the Savoureuse and its tributary river Douce, between the heights of Grand Bois in the south and Bois du Mont in the west.
The area of the 2.73 km² large municipal area comprises a section of the slightly undulating landscape in the area of the Burgundian Gate (Trouée de Belfort). The central part of the area is occupied by the Argiésans depression, which is 350 m on average and 1.5 km wide. It is used agriculturally as arable and meadow land. The village stream Rupt, which rises in Trou Gavoillot, provides drainage to the east to the Douce (tributary of the Savoureuse) . To the east, the municipality reaches as far as the Douce river. The valley of Argiésans is flanked by wooded heights: in the southeast by Fays (390 m), in the west by Bois du Mont , on which the highest elevation of Argiésans is reached at 440 m, and in the north by the hill of Bavilliers (up to 382 m) m).
Neighboring municipalities of Argiésans are Bavilliers in the north, Andelnans and Botans in the east, Dorans and Banvillars in the south and Urcerey in the west.
history
Argiésans is first mentioned in a document in 1024. It was the main town of the Bas-Rosemont dairy, which belonged to the Rosemont domain. Initially under the influence of the lords of Montbéliard, Argiésans came under the sovereignty of the Habsburgs in the mid-14th century. Together with the Sundgau , the village came to the French crown with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Since 1793 Argiésans belonged to the department of Haut-Rhin , but remained in 1871 as part of the Territoire de Belfort in contrast to the rest of Alsace with France. Since 2000, Argiésans was initially part of the Communauté d'Agglomération Belfortaine , which was merged into the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Belfort in 2017 .
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
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| Residents | 137 | 112 | 188 | 202 | 286 | 381 | 444 |
With 461 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Argiésans is one of the small communities in the Territoire de Belfort department. After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range between 110 and 150 people, a strong population growth has been recorded since the beginning of the 1970s. Since then, the population has quadrupled.
Economy and Infrastructure
Argiésans was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) well into the 20th century. Since the mid-1980s, Bavilliers, a larger commercial and industrial zone, has developed on the municipal boundary. Various construction companies, cleaning offices and an agrochemical laboratory have settled here. There are also some local small businesses in the old town center. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the other municipalities of the agglomerations of Belfort and Montbéliard .
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main road N83, which leads from Belfort to Héricourt . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around five kilometers away. Further road connections exist with Banvillars and Urcerey. Argiésans 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 , p. 93.
