Chapelle-d'Huin
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Frasne | |
| Community association | Altitude 800 | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 56 ' N , 6 ° 10' E | |
| height | 710-893 m | |
| surface | 23.71 km 2 | |
| Residents | 514 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25270 | |
| INSEE code | 25122 | |
 Church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption |
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Chapelle-d'Huin is a French municipality with 514 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Chapelle-d'Huin is located at 780 m above sea level, about 15 kilometers west of the city of Pontarlier (as the crow flies). The farming village extends in the Jura , in a hollow on the northern edge of the wide high plateau of Arlier (Pontarlier-Frasne).
The area of the 23.71 km² municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The main part of the area is taken up by the high plateau of Arlier, which averages 820 m. It is mostly covered by meadow land, but also shows some forest areas. The northern edge of this plateau is characterized by various depressions and depressions without drainage above ground, including the Creux du Vieillon , the depression of Chapelle-d'Huin and the depression of La Chaux , which leads north to the lower plateau of Levier. The entire area has no surface watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. In the north-west, the communal soil extends over the wide ridge of the Bois de la Chapelle , on which the highest elevation of Chapelle-d'Huin is reached at 894 m. To the east, the municipal area extends to the Combe d'Orgeval and the Bois de Byans woodland ( 851 m ).
In addition to the actual village, Chapelle-d'Huin also includes some hamlets and individual farms, including:
- La Chaux ( 730 m ) in a depression at the eastern foot of the Bois de la Chapelle
- Le Souillot ( 825 m ) on the edge of the Arlier plateau
Neighboring municipalities of Chapelle-d'Huin are Levier and Septfontaines in the north, Sombacour and Chaffois in the east, Bannans , Bulle , La Rivière-Drugeon and Dompierre-les-Tilleuls in the south and Boujailles in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, the House of Chalon and the lordship of Montbenoît had a share in the municipality of Chapelle-d'Huin. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Since 2002, Chapelle-d'Huin has been a member of the community association Communauté de communes Altitude 800, which comprises 11 villages .
Attractions
The church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in the 15th century in the Gothic flamboyant built and restored from 1775 to 1783 and transformed. There is a chapel each in the hamlets of La Chaux and Le Souillot. In the center of Chapelle-d'Huin, numerous farmhouses in the characteristic style of the Haut-Doubs from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 385 |
| 1968 | 320 |
| 1975 | 252 |
| 1982 | 278 |
| 1990 | 297 |
| 1999 | 351 |
| 2006 | 379 |
| 2016 | 510 |
With 514 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Chapelle-d'Huin is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (711 people were still counted in 1886), there has been significant population growth again since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Chapelle-d'Huin was primarily a village characterized by agriculture, in particular dairy farming and cattle breeding, as well as forestry. In addition, there are now some local small businesses, including in the wood processing industry. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is located off the main thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from the D72 département road, which leads from Pontarlier to Salins-les-Bains . Other road connections exist with Boujailles, Levier and Septfontaines.
