Charmauvillers
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbeliard | |
| Canton | Maîche | |
| Community association | Pays de Maîche | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 14 ' N , 6 ° 55' E | |
| height | 500-1,007 m | |
| surface | 10.47 km 2 | |
| Residents | 250 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 24 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25470 | |
| INSEE code | 25124 | |
 Mairie Charmauvillers |
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Charmauvillers is a French commune of 250 people (as of January 1, 2017) in the Doubs department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Charmauvillers is located at 849 m, nine kilometers east of Maîche and about 32 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , on the south-sloping slope of the Pré Maillot high above the Doubs valley , near the border with Switzerland .
The area of the 10.47 km² municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The southern border runs along the Doubs, which flows north-east through a canyon-like valley cut into the Jura plateau.
At La Goule the river is dammed into a valley lake. The steep, mostly forested valley slopes are criss-crossed by striking limestone bands. From the course of the river, the community area extends northward over the steep slope to the terraces of Charmauvillers and Corbière, which are separated from each other by the incision of the Bief d'Étoz . In the north, the border is marked by the heights of Côte du Rang , Bois des Grands Champs , Col de la Vierge and Pré Maillot , which separate the Doube valley from the adjacent high plateau of Maîche. At 1007 m, near the summit of the Pré Maillot, the highest point in Charmauvillers is reached.
Charmauvillers includes various farm groups and individual farms. The neighboring communities of Charmauvillers are Charquemont and Damprichard in the west, Urtière in the north, Goumois (Doubs) in the northeast and the Swiss communities Saignelégier in the east and Le Noirmont in the southeast.
history
Significant parts of the village were destroyed in an earthquake in 1356 when boulders rolled down. Together with Franche-Comté , Charmauvillers came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. The area changed in 1868 when the previously independent scattered settlement Les Essarts-Cuénot was merged with Charmauvillers.
Attractions
The village church of Charmauvillers was built in the 19th century. Various farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries in the traditional Haut-Doubs style have been preserved in the town center. The Bief d'Étoz chapel, which was built in 1694, is located in the Doubstal valley.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 270 |
| 1968 | 277 |
| 1975 | 234 |
| 1982 | 229 |
| 1990 | 189 |
| 1999 | 207 |
| 2005 | 240 |
| 2016 | 250 |
With 250 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Charmauvillers is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (407 people were counted in 1906), slight population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1990s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Charmauvillers was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (cattle breeding and dairy farming) and forestry. In addition, there are now a few local small businesses, including a watch factory and a cheese dairy. 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 Maîche to Goumois. Another road connection exists with Urtière.
