Charbonnières-les-Sapins
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| local community | Etalans | |
| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 9 ' N , 6 ° 13' E | |
| Post Code | 25620 | |
| Former INSEE code | 25123 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
 former town hall |
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Charbonnières-les-Sapins is a village and a former French commune with the last 190 inhabitants (2014) in the Doubs department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
With effect from January 1, 2017, the formerly independent municipalities of Étalans , Charbonnières-les-Sapins and Verrières-du-Grosbois were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Étalans of the same name , although they were not granted the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are located in Étalans.
geography
Charbonnières-les-Sapins lies at 541 m above sea level, ten kilometers west of Valdahon and about 17 kilometers southeast of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , to the west of the Valdahon plateau, north of the Ruisseau de la Brême valley.
The area of the former municipality covered a section of the French Jura. The main part of the area was taken up by the Valdahon plateau, which averages 540 m. It was mainly made up of arable and meadow land, partly also of forest. The plateau has no above-ground watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. To the west, the ground extends into the Combe Madame hollow . At 583 m, the highest point of Charbonnières-les-Sapins was reached on the northern edge of the municipality. In the south, the border ran along the Ruisseau de la Brême , which is cut around 100 m deep into the plateau in a notched valley and its water flows to the west of the Loue . The steep valley slopes are criss-crossed by ledges in various places.
Neighboring towns of Charbonnières-les-Sapins are L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois in the north, Étalans and Guyans-Durnes in the east, Saules in the south and Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré , Foucherans and Trépot in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Charbonnières belonged to Ornans. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. It was the site of a blast furnace in the 17th century. To better distinguish it from other municipalities with the same name, Charbonnières was officially renamed Charbonnières-les-Sapins in 1922.
Attractions
The single-nave village church of Charbonnières-les-Sapins was built in the 18th century and is richly decorated , including an altar from the 19th century.
Various farmhouses in the characteristic style of Franche-Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved in the town center.
A special attraction is the Dino Zoo, a prehistoric animal park in which dinosaurs are reproduced in their natural size.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 116 |
| 1968 | 116 |
| 1975 | 111 |
| 1982 | 121 |
| 1990 | 126 |
| 1999 | 159 |
| 2006 | 191 |
| 2014 | 190 |
After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range between 110 and 134 people, a slight population growth has been recorded since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Charbonnières-les-Sapins was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry until well into the 20th century. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. In the meantime the village has also turned into a place of residence. Many employed people are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area or in the Besançon agglomeration.
The village is located away from the larger thoroughfares. The main access is from L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois on the main road N57 (Besançon-Pontarlier). Another road connection exists with Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , p. 836.
