Fêche-l'Église
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Territoire de Belfort | |
| Arrondissement | Belfort | |
| Canton | Dent | |
| Community association | South Territoire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 30 ' N , 6 ° 57' E | |
| height | 352-460 m | |
| surface | 3.93 km 2 | |
| Residents | 768 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 195 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 90100 | |
| INSEE code | 90045 | |
 Mairie Fêche-l'Église |
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Fêche-l'Église (German earlier Fesch and joke ) is a French commune in the department Territoire de Belfort in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Fêche-l'Église is 360 m above sea level, four kilometers west of Delle and about twelve kilometers east of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends in a wide hollow in the northern foothills of the Jura , in the valley of the Feschotte, near the border with Switzerland .
The area of the 3.93 km² large municipality covers a section of the northern French Jura. The western part of the area is occupied by the approximately one square kilometer large basin, which is on average 355 m. It is drained from the Feschotte to the northwest to the Allan . The hollow is surrounded by the heights of the northern foothills of the Table Jura , which gradually descends here to the plains of the Burgundian Gate . These heights are partly covered with arable land and meadows, partly with forest. To the north the community area extends into the extensive forest area of the Grande Noz (up to 411 m), to the east to the height that separates the valleys of Feschotte and Batte. The highest point of Fêche-l'Église is reached here at 460 m.
Neighboring communities of Fêche-l'Église are Grandvillars and Thiancourt in the north, Delle and Lebetain in the east, Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque in the south and Badevel in the west.
history
The municipality of Fêche-l'Église was populated very early. The earliest evidence of human presence comes from prehistoric times. During the Roman period the important traffic route from Epomanduodurum ( Mandeure ) to Augusta Raurica crossed the local area.
Fêche-l'Église was first mentioned in a document in 1303. In the first half of the 14th century, the village came under the sovereignty of the Habsburgs. Together with the Sundgau , it came to the French crown with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. At that time the former Fêche-Moulin, which was between Fêche-l'Église and Badevel, was abandoned. Fêche-l'Église was always on the border of the territories of the Counts of Montbéliard and the Lords of Ferrette. In the 17th century the iron ore mines were of great importance. Since 1793 Fêche-l'Église belonged to the department of Haut-Rhin , but remained in 1871 as part of the Territoire de Belfort in contrast to the rest of Alsace with France. After the Japy factories were founded in the neighboring Badevel in the middle of the 19th century, Fêche-l'Église also experienced an economic boom.
Attractions
The Saint-Valère church was built in the 19th century. The Fontaine Mazarin originally dates back to the 17th century and was restored in 1886. The lavoir from around 1800 is entered in the supplementary inventory ( inventaire supplémentaire ) of the list of monuments historiques .
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Fêche-l'Église
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 365 |
| 1968 | 412 |
| 1975 | 637 |
| 1982 | 789 |
| 1990 | 764 |
| 1999 | 787 |
With 768 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Fêche-l'Église is one of the small communities in the Territoire de Belfort. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (474 people were still counted in 1896), there was significant population growth from 1950 to 1980. Since then, the number of inhabitants has remained almost constant. The settlement area of Fêche-l'Église has now merged with that of Badevel.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Fêche-l'Église was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. In addition, there are now various local small businesses. In the meantime the village has turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the agglomerations of Belfort and Montbéliard.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main road from Montbéliard to Delle. The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around ten kilometers away. There are other road connections with Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque and Grandvillars.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Territoire de Belfort. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-037-X , pp. 31-32.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lavoir Fêche-l'Église in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)