Belmont (Doubs)
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Valdahon | |
| Community association | Portes du Haut-Doubs | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 13 ' N , 6 ° 22' E | |
| height | 535-633 m | |
| surface | 4.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 67 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25530 | |
| INSEE code | 25052 | |
Belmont is a French commune with a population of 67 (as at 1st January 2017) in the Doubs department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Belmont is located at 604 m above sea level, eight kilometers north of Valdahon and about 26 km east of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , on a ridge on the northern edge of the plateaus of Valdahon and Vercel, the so-called first plateau of the Jura.
The area of the 4.72 km² municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by the ridge of Belmont, which extends in a north-south direction and is around one kilometer wide. The highest point of Belmont is reached at 640 m. The ridge is limited to the west by the Chaux-lès-Passavant basin and to the east by a basin in the Audeux catchment area , in which there is a small pond. In the southwest, the area of the municipality has a share of almost 1 km² in the Valdahon military training area, which has a total area of 35 km².
Belmont's neighboring municipalities are Orsans in the north, Bremondans and Épenouse in the east, Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp in the south and Chaux-lès-Passavant in the west.
history
The town of Belmont developed in the 14th century next to the castle founded by the Lords of Belmont in 1318. In the Middle Ages, the area was under the sovereignty of the Lords of Montfaucon . Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
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 Belmont village church was enlarged in 1817. Only traces of the former castle are visible. Today there is an ethnographic museum in the house of Louis Pergaud.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 58 |
| 1968 | 52 |
| 1975 | 43 |
| 1982 | 49 |
| 1990 | 47 |
| 1999 | 60 |
| 2006 | 58 |
| 2016 | 66 |
With 67 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Belmont is one of the smallest municipalities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (138 people were still counted in 1881), a slight population increase has been recorded again since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Belmont 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. Many workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Gonsans to Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp. Another road connection is with Orsans.
Personalities
- Louis Pergaud (1882-1915), French writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1322-1323.
