Châlonvillars
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Héricourt-1 | |
| Community association | Pays d'Héricourt | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 38 ' N , 6 ° 47' E | |
| height | 363-493 m | |
| surface | 7.60 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,248 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 164 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70400 | |
| INSEE code | 70117 | |
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Châlonvillars (dt. Earlier Kalonisberg ) is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Châlonvillars lies at an altitude of 377 m above sea level, about five kilometers west of the city of Belfort (as the crow flies). The village extends to the west of the Burgundian Gate , in the basin of the Ruisseau de la Bénade, at the western foot of the Montagne de Salbert.
The area of the 7.60 km² large municipal area includes a section in the area of the Burgundian Gate. The main part of the area is occupied by a wide hollow, which is on average 380 m. It is drained by the village stream Ruisseau de la Bénade and the Douce to the southeast to the Savoureuse . Outside the settlement area, the depression is mainly used for agriculture. The Canal de la Haute-Saône , a branch of the Rhine-Rhône Canal, runs in the Douce valley . A wide saddle, which the waterway crosses in a tunnel, leads north-west to the catchment area of the Lizaine . The basin of Châlonvillars is flanked in the east by the Montagne de Salbert, with the municipality floor only reaching to its foot. To the west the area extends to the wooded ridge of the Brisée , on which the highest point of Châlonvillars is reached at 493 m. The rock consists mainly of red sandstone .
Neighboring communities of Châlonvillars are Frahier-et-Chatebier and Évette-Salbert in the north, Essert in the east, Buc and Mandrevillars in the south and Chagey in the west.
history
The municipality of Châlonvillars was already settled in prehistoric times. In the Middle Ages, the village initially belonged to the Passavant rule, which was dependent on the Lure Abbey. In 1283 Châlonvillars passed to the Counts of Montbéliard; later it was placed under the rule of Héricourt. During the Thirty Years War , the place was ravaged by Swedish troops in 1636. In 1748, Châlonvillars finally came under contract to the French crown. There was a change of area in 1972 when Châlonvillars merged with Mandrevillars to form the dual municipality of Châlonvillars-Mandrevillars. In 1988, however, Mandrevillars became an independent municipality again. Since 2001 Châlonvillars has been a member of the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Héricourt, which comprises 20 localities .
Attractions
The church of St. Radegund ( Église Sainte-Radegonde ) in Châlonvillars was rebuilt in the 18th century and has remarkable furnishings , including relics and the statue of Sainte-Radegonde from the 15th or 16th centuries. The oldest of the seven stone wayside crosses, the Croix au Couperet, dates from 1111.
Also worth seeing is the covered lavoir (former well, wash house and cattle trough) from 1843.
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 606 | 545 | 834 | 1135 | 1066 | 1147 | 1235 | 1248 |
With 1248 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Châlonvillars is one of the smaller municipalities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (907 people were counted in 1886), strong population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1970s. Since then the number of inhabitants has more than doubled. Today Châlonvillars is one of the western agglomerations of Belfort.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Châlonvillars was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding). In addition, there are now various local small businesses and metalworking industries. 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 close to the main road N19 which leads from Belfort to Lure . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around eight kilometers away. Further road connections exist with Mandrevillars, Chagey, Chenebier and Évette-Salbert.