Autrechêne
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Territoire de Belfort | |
| Arrondissement | Belfort | |
| Canton | Grandvillars | |
| Community association | Grand Belfort | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 36 ' N , 6 ° 58' E | |
| height | 333-368 m | |
| surface | 2.96 km 2 | |
| Residents | 280 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 95 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 90140 | |
| INSEE code | 90082 | |
 Mairie Autrechêne |
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Autrechêne is a commune in the department Territoire de Belfort in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . The municipality was created in 1973 through the merger of Eschêne-Autrage and Rechotte .
geography
Autrechêne is located at 352 m, about nine kilometers southeast of the city of Belfort (as the crow flies). The village extends in the plains of the Burgundian Gate , on the northern edge of the wide valley plain of the Bourbeuse , in which the waterway of the Rhine-Rhône Canal is also located, opposite Brebotte, on the south-eastern edge of the plateau of Les Grands Bois.
The area of the 2.96 km² municipal area includes a section of the only weakly reliefed landscape in the area of the Burgundian Gate (Trouée de Belfort). The southeastern border always runs along the Bourbeuse, which meanders through a wide valley floor and provides drainage to the Allaine . It receives inflow from the Praille and the Madeleine , which form the western and eastern municipal boundaries. From the Bourbeuse, the community area extends north over the formerly marshy floodplain and a gently rising slope to the adjacent plateau. This is an average of 360 m and is partly covered with arable land and meadow, partly with forest. Here, at 368 m, Autrechêne's highest point is reached. In the north-west is the Les Grands Bois forest area .
The municipality of Autrechêne is made up of the following districts:
- Eschêne (337 m) on the northern edge of the Bourbeuse valley (German formerly Zur Eichen )
- Autrage (340 m) in the Bourbeuse valley
- Rechotte (352 m) on the gently sloping northern valley slope of the Bourbeuse
Neighboring communities of Autrechêne are Novillard in the north, Montreux-Château and Bretagne in the east, Brebotte and Froidefontaine in the south and Charmois in the west.
history
Eschêne is first mentioned in writing in 1105 under the name Quercubus in a document from the Froidefontaine Priory. Autrage and Rechotte (as Richemont ) are first mentioned in 1345. In the middle of the 14th century, the villages came under the sovereignty of the Habsburgs. Together with the Sundgau , they came to the French crown with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Since 1793, the villages belonged to the Haut-Rhin department , but remained in 1871 as part of the Territoire de Belfort, unlike the rest of Alsace, in France.
Since the time of the French Revolution , Eschêne and Autrage formed the twin municipality of Eschêne-Autrage. This merged with Rechotte with effect from January 1, 1973 to form the new municipality, which bears the art name Autrechêne.
Attractions
In the three villages there are various half-timbered houses from the 17th to 19th centuries in the traditional Sundgau style.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 99 |
| 1968 | 94 |
| 1975 | 123 |
| 1982 | 146 |
| 1990 | 154 |
| 1999 | 210 |
With 210 inhabitants (1999) Autrechêne is one of the small communities in the Territoire de Belfort. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (165 people were still counted in 1896), a significant increase in population has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Autrechêne was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and fish farming. Even today, the residents live mainly from their work in the first sector. Outside the primary sector there are few jobs in the village. Many workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is located away from the major road connections on a department road that leads from Belfort to Suarce . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around ten kilometers away. There are other road connections with Novillard and Charmois.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Territoire de Belfort. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-037-X , p. 111.
