Chaux-des-Prés
| Chaux-des-Prés | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| local community | Nanchez | |
| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Claude | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 30 ' N , 5 ° 52' E | |
| Post Code | 39150 | |
| Former INSEE code | 39130 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
Chaux-des-Prés is a village and a former French commune with the last 179 inhabitants (2016) in the department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belonged to the canton of Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux in the arrondissement of Saint-Claude .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the formerly independent municipalities of Chaux-des-Prés and Prénovel were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Nanchez . Only Prénovel received the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Chaux-des-Prés.
geography
Chaux-des-Prés is located at 875 m , about 14 kilometers north of the city of Saint-Claude (as the crow flies). The street-lined village extends in the Jura , on the high plateau of Grandvaux, between the forest heights of the Bois de la Joux Derrière in the west and the Bois de la Joux Devant in the east.
The area of the former municipality covered a section of the French Jura. The landscape is characterized by ridges and longitudinal hollows, which are oriented towards the southwest-northeast in accordance with the direction of the fold of the Jura in this area. The central part of the area is taken up by the high plateau of Grandvaux (an average of 880 m ), which narrows visibly towards the south-west. It shows only slight differences in relief and consists mainly of meadow and pasture land. The area has no surface watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the porous calcareous subsoil. Bog areas could develop in some hollows. The karst features , such as cart fields and sinkholes, are characteristic of the plateau .
The plateau of Grandvaux is flanked in the southeast by the narrow ridge of the Bois de la Joux Devant , on which the highest point of Chaux-des-Prés is reached at 1003 m . The western boundary is the ridge of the Bois de la Joux Derrière (up to 985 m ). The municipality is part of the Upper Jura Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura ).
Neighboring towns of Chaux-des-Prés are Grande-Rivière in the north, Château-des-Prés and Villard-sur-Bienne in the east, La Rixouse and Leschères in the south and Les Piards and Prénovel in the west.
history
The Chaux-des-Prés area was under the control of the Saint-Claude Abbey. Since the 13th century, the village of the Kastlanei Château-des-Prés, which was dependent on Saint-Claude. In 1436, sovereignty over the area passed from the abbot to the Free County of Burgundy through a parliamentary decision . Together with Franche-Comté , Chaux-des-Prés came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
Attractions
The village church of Chaux-des-Prés was built in the 19th century.
population
| Population development | |
|---|---|
| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 162 |
| 1968 | 172 |
| 1975 | 173 |
| 1982 | 166 |
| 1990 | 170 |
| 1999 | 168 |
After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (259 people were still counted in 1921), it has remained at a constant level since the beginning of the 1950s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Chaux-des-Prés was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture , in particular cattle and dairy farming, and forestry. In addition, there are now some local small businesses, including in the wood processing and cheese-making industries. Many workers are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux to Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude . There are other road connections with Château-des-Prés and Prénovel.
