Avoudrey
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Valdahon | |
| Community association | Portes du Haut-Doubs | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 8 ' N , 6 ° 26' E | |
| height | 692-805 m | |
| surface | 12.86 km 2 | |
| Residents | 909 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 71 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25690 | |
| INSEE code | 25039 | |
Avoudrey is a French municipality with 909 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Avoudrey is located 710 m above sea level, seven kilometers east of Valdahon and about 33 kilometers east-southeast of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in the middle of the Avoudrey basin, north of Mont Chaumont .
The area of the 12.86 km² municipal area covers a section of the French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the low relief basin of Avoudrey, which has a width of about 4 km and a length of almost 10 km and averages 720 m. It is mostly made up of arable and meadow land. The plateau has no above-ground watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. Avoudrey itself lies in a dry valley , which topographically belongs to the catchment area of the Reverotte (tributary of the Dessoubre ). The landscape has various hollows and knolls. To the south the community area extends into the forest area of Les Tremblots (772 m). In the northwest, the basin is bounded by the wooded ridge of Mont du Goux . At 805 m, the highest point in Avoudrey is reached here.
Neighboring municipalities of Avoudrey are Longechaux and Grandfontaine-sur-Creuse in the north, Flangebouche in the east, Longemaison and Passonfontaine in the south and Épenoy and Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Avoudrey first belonged to the Montfaucon dominion , then to the Cicon dominion. Together with Franche-Comté, the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. After the French Revolution , the farms at the northern foot of Mont Chaumont were combined in the independent municipality of Longemaison. Since 1998 Avoudrey has been a member of the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Pierrefontaine-Vercel, which comprises 44 localities .
On January 1, 2009 there was a change in the arrondissement membership of the municipality. Previously belonging to the Arrondissement Besançon , all municipalities of the canton came to the Arrondissement Pontarlier.
Attractions
The three-aisled village church of Avoudrey was built in the 16th century (the choir and the portal area have been preserved from this period) and changed in the 17th and 18th centuries. Various farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries in the characteristic style of Franche-Comté have been preserved in the town center.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 576 |
| 1968 | 543 |
| 1975 | 658 |
| 1982 | 710 |
| 1990 | 710 |
| 1999 | 705 |
| 2006 | 754 |
| 2016 | 900 |
With 909 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Avoudrey is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. During the first half of the 20th century, the population always fluctuated between 500 and 640 people. However, population growth has been recorded since the late 1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until the 20th century, Avoudrey was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture (cattle breeding and dairy farming, arable farming). In addition, there are now various small and medium-sized businesses, including in the wood industry, meat processing and manufacture of watch straps (made of leather and metal). Many workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main road D461, which leads from Besançon to Morteau . The town center is now relieved of through traffic by a four-lane bypass. Further road connections exist with Gilley , Passonfontaine and Longechaux. Avoudrey has a train station on the railway line from Besançon to Le Locle .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1321-1322.
