Denney
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Territoire de Belfort | |
| Arrondissement | Belfort | |
| Canton | Valdoie | |
| Community association | Grand Belfort | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 40 ′ N , 6 ° 55 ′ E | |
| height | 348-430 m | |
| surface | 3.48 km 2 | |
| Residents | 762 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 219 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 90160 | |
| INSEE code | 90034 | |
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Denney (German earlier Düringen ) is a French commune in the department Territoire de Belfort in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Denney is located 352 m above sea level, about five kilometers northeast of the city of Belfort (as the crow flies). The village extends in the plains of the Burgundian Gate , on the plateau south of the Forêt de Roppe in the foothills of the Vosges , on the village stream west of the Autruche river.
The area of the 3.48 km² municipal area comprises a section of the landscape with only weak relief in the northern area of the Burgundian Gate (Trouée de Belfort). The main part of the area is taken up by the wide area at the foot of the Forêt de Roppe. This is drained by the Dorfbach von Denney and the Autruche to the south. It lies at an average of 350 m and is mostly covered with arable and meadow land, but also shows some forest areas. The community area extends to the southwest with a narrow strip in a longitudinal hollow between the heights of the Bois de la Miotte and the Bois des Fourches . On the slope of the Bois des Fourches near the Fort de la Justice, the highest elevation of Denney is reached at 430 m.
Denney includes the La Mèche settlement (362 m) on the plateau on the eastern edge of the Bois de la Miotte. Denney's neighboring municipalities are Vétrigne and Roppe in the north, Phaffans and Bessoncourt in the east, Pérouse in the south and Belfort and Offemont in the west.
history
Denney is first mentioned in a document in 1344. The German name Thiengen comes from 1347 . Initially under the influence of the lords of Montbéliard, the village came under the sovereignty of the Habsburgs in the mid-14th century. It belonged to the Rougemont dominion. Together with the Sundgau , Denney came to the French crown with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Since 1793 the village has belonged to the Haut-Rhin department , but in 1871 it remained as part of the Territoire de Belfort, unlike the rest of Alsace, in France. Denney had been part of the Belfort agglomeration since 1976, which in 1999 became the Communauté d'Agglomération Belfortaine , which in turn was merged into the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Belfort in 2017 .
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 249 |
| 1968 | 314 |
| 1975 | 415 |
| 1982 | 491 |
| 1990 | 531 |
| 1999 | 637 |
| 2007 | 760 |
With 762 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Denney is one of the small communities in the Territoire de Belfort. After the population in the first half of the 20th century was mostly in the range between 150 and 230 people, there has been a strong population growth since the beginning of the 1970s. Since then the number of inhabitants has doubled.
Economy and Infrastructure
Denney was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) well into the 20th century. Since the mid-1970s, a commercial and industrial zone has developed near the motorway junction and along the main road. Companies from the construction, automotive and food industries have settled here. There are also various local small businesses. Many workers are also commuters who work in the Belfort agglomeration.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is close to the main road that leads from Belfort to Mulhouse . The next connection to the Autoroute A 36 , which crosses the municipality, is about two kilometers away. Further road connections exist with Roppe, Phaffans and Bessoncourt. Denney is connected to the city of Belfort by a bus route.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Territoire de Belfort. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-037-X , p. 148.
