Deluz
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Canton | Besançon-5 | |
| Community association | Grand Besançon | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 18 ' N , 6 ° 12' E | |
| height | 247-581 m | |
| surface | 8.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 615 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 77 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25960 | |
| INSEE code | 25197 | |
 Mairie Deluz |
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Deluz is a French municipality with 615 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Deluz is located at 262 m , about 15 kilometers east-northeast of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Doube valley on the right north side of the river, in the extreme northwestern mountain ranges of the Jura , between the Montagne Notre-Dame d'Aigremont in the north and the Côte du Mont in the south.
The area of the 8.03 km² large municipal area includes a section of the Doubstal. The Doubs flows here with several turns through a mostly 500 m wide flat floodplain to the west and is accompanied by the Rhine-Rhône Canal . The valley is deeply cut between two mountain ranges of the system of the Jura rim chain, which form anticlines in geological and tectonic terms . The erosion force of the river removed parts of these anticlines, creating steep slopes crowned by rock faces. In the north, the Doubstal is flanked by the wooded ridge of the Montagne Notre-Dame d'Aigremont (up to 490 m). To the north of this, the communal soil extends into the longitudinal basin of Les Longeaux. To the south, the community area extends over a steep forest slope to the ridge of the Côte du Mont , which separates the valley from the adjacent first Jura plateau. At 581 m, Deluz's highest point is reached at the height of the Côte.
The hamlet of Les Longeaux Dessus ( 320 m ) in the hollow at the north foot of the Montagne Notre-Dame d'Aigremont belongs to Deluz . Neighboring communities of Deluz are
- Pouligney-Lusans and Roulans in the north,
- Laissey and Champlive in the east,
- Osse and Vaire-Arcier in the south,
- Vaire with Vaire-le-Petit to the west,
- Amagney to the west.
history
Various finds indicate that the municipality of Deluz was already settled during the Gallo-Roman and Merovingian times (burial fields). In the Middle Ages Deluz belonged to the rule of Roulan. Together with Franche-Comté , the village finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Thanks to the hydropower of the Doubs, industry settled in the valley early on. Iron ore was mined in the area and smelted here. At the end of the 19th century, the Deluz paper factory employed more than 450 workers at times and brought the village an economic boom.
Attractions
The three-aisled village church of St. Martin was built in 1736 on the site of an earlier church and has a rich interior . The Chapelle de Montoille, built in 1872, stands on the hill above the village.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 648 |
| 1968 | 646 |
| 1975 | 562 |
| 1982 | 706 |
| 1990 | 692 |
| 1999 | 693 |
| 2006 | 660 |
| 2016 | 623 |
With 615 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Deluz is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the number of inhabitants had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1032 people were still counted in 1911), since the beginning of the 1950s only relatively minor fluctuations have been recorded.
Economy and Infrastructure
Deluz had been a village characterized by the water-dependent industry since the end of the 18th century. Today there is a paper mill and various local small business and retail businesses. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who go to work in the Besançon agglomeration.
The village is off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Vaire-le-Petit to Laissey. The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around 15 kilometers away. Deluz has a train station on the Dole – Besançon – Belfort railway line .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1145-1147.
