Chevigney-lès-Vercel
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region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
Department | Doubs | |
Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
Canton | Valdahon | |
Community association | Portes du Haut-Doubs | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 10 ′ N , 6 ° 22 ′ E | |
height | 603-700 m | |
surface | 5.38 km 2 | |
Residents | 128 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 24 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 25530 | |
INSEE code | 25151 | |
Mairie Chevigney-lès-Vercel |
Chevigney-lès-Vercel is a French municipality with 128 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Chevigney-lès-Vercel is located at 658 m above sea level, three kilometers northeast of Valdahon and about 27 kilometers east-southeast of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , on the western slope of a hill on the plateau of Valdahon, the so-called first plateau of the Jura, west of the ridge of the Mont de Goux.
The area of the 5.38 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the low relief high plateau of Valdahon, which averages 640 m. It is partly made up of arable land and meadow, partly also of forest. The plateau has no above-ground watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. A dry valley begins south of the village and stretches through the plateau as a trough-like depression to the northwest. The northern part of the municipality (approximately 2 km²) belongs to the Valdahon military training area, which covers a total area of 35 km². The terrain rises gradually to the southeast. The municipal area extends into the forest area of Grand Bois et Viard , in which the highest point of Chevigney-lès-Vercel is reached at 700 m.
Neighboring municipalities of Chevigney-lès-Vercel are Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp in the north, Adam-lès-Vercel in the east, Épenoy in the south and Valdahon in the west.
history
The village church mentioned in 1141 was subordinate to the Montbenoît monastery . In the Middle Ages, Chevigney belonged to the Vercel lordship and formed a fiefdom that was administered by the local Belot-Villette family. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. To make it easier to distinguish from other communities with the same name, Chevigney was officially renamed Chevigney-lès-Vercel in 1991. Since 1998, Chevigney-lès-Vercel has been a member of the Communauté de communes du Pays de Pierrefontaine-Vercel, which comprises 44 localities .
On January 1, 2009, the arrondissement membership of the municipality was changed. Previously belonging to the Arrondissement Besançon , all municipalities of the canton came to the Arrondissement Pontarlier.
Attractions
The single-nave village church of St. Peter and Paul in Chevigney was built from 1741 to 1749.
population
Population development | |
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year | Residents |
1962 | 62 |
1968 | 52 |
1975 | 56 |
1982 | 82 |
1990 | 88 |
1999 | 109 |
2006 | 128 |
2016 | 127 |
With 128 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Chevigney-lès-Vercel is one of the smallest municipalities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (143 people were still counted in 1891), there has been significant population growth again since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Chevigney-lès-Vercel was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding). In addition, there are now some local small businesses. 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 off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Valdahon to Baume-les-Dames .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1328-1329.