Courtefontaine (Doubs)
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbeliard | |
| Canton | Maîche | |
| Community association | Pays de Maîche | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 19 ′ N , 6 ° 54 ′ E | |
| height | 668-920 m | |
| surface | 7.70 km 2 | |
| Residents | 246 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 32 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25470 | |
| INSEE code | 25174 | |
Courtefontaine is a French municipality with 246 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Courtefontaine is located at 780 m , eleven kilometers northeast of Maîche and about 23 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in a hollow in the extreme northeast of the high plateau of Maîche, south of the deeply cut valley of the Doubs .
The area of the 7.70 km ² municipal area covers a section of the French Jura. The main part of the area is taken up by the low relief plateau of Courtefontaine, which averages 770 m. It consists mainly of meadow and pasture land. The plateau has no above-ground watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. To the west the terrain rises slightly to the heights of Les Vérailles ( 814 m ), Queue de Veau ( 860 m ) and Champs Vers . To the west and north, these heights drop steeply to the Doubstal, with the municipality boundary mostly running above the steep slopes. In the east, the forest height Joux de Prost connects to the plateau, on which the highest elevation of Courtefontaine is reached at 920 m. To the south, the community area extends over a section of the basin from Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts to the slope of Montsassier .
Neighboring municipalities of Courtefontaine are Montjoie-le-Château and Vaufrey in the north, Indevillers in the east, Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts in the south and Soulce-Cernay in the west.
history
In Courtefontaine, Augustinian canons founded a priory around 1150 that was dependent on the Saint-Paul Abbey. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
Attractions
The three-aisled former priory church ( Église Saint-Laurent ) was built from around 1150 to 1170 in the Romanesque style and is one of the few completely preserved Romanesque church buildings of Franche-Comté.
Saint Laurent Church
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 196 |
| 1968 | 196 |
| 1975 | 215 |
| 1982 | 240 |
| 1990 | 230 |
| 1999 | 215 |
| 2016 | 248 |
With 246 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Courtefontaine is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (362 people were still counted in 1881), only relatively small fluctuations have been recorded since the early 1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Courtefontaine was a village dominated by agriculture (cattle breeding and dairy farming) and forestry. In addition, there are now some local small businesses, especially in wood processing. 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 Soulce-Cernay to Indevillers. There are other road connections with Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts and Vaufrey.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1239-1241.
