Flangebouche
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Valdahon | |
| Community association | Portes du Haut-Doubs | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 8 ' N , 6 ° 28' E | |
| height | 685-1,056 m | |
| surface | 23.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 779 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25390 | |
| INSEE code | 25243 | |
 View over Flangebouche from Loray |
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Flangebouche is a French municipality with 779 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Flangebouche is located 728 m above sea level, ten kilometers east of Valdahon and about 36 kilometers east-southeast of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in the middle of the Avoudrey basin, north of Mont Chaumont .
The area of the 23.27 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The northern part of the area is occupied by the low relief basin of Avoudrey, which has a width of about 4 km and a length of almost 10 km and averages 720 m. It is mostly made up of arable and meadow land. The plateau has no above-ground watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. Flangebouche itself lies in the wide hollow of a dry valley , which topographically belongs to the catchment area of the Reverotte (tributary of the Dessoubre ). The landscape has various hollows and knolls.
To the south, an approximately 50 to 100 m high, wooded step leads over to the higher Jura ranges. The municipal area extends with a narrow tip over a series of parallel ridges (oriented in the southwest-northeast direction according to the direction of the mountain range) with intervening depressions (pastureland) to the wide anticline of Mont Chaumont. At 1056 m, the highest elevation of Flangebouche is reached on the northeastern roof of this ridge.
Neighboring municipalities of Flangebouche are Grandfontaine-sur-Creuse in the north, Loray and Orchamps-Vennes in the east, Gilley in the south and Longemaison and Avoudrey in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Flangebouche belonged to the Vercel domain . Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Lignite was mined at Flangebouche in the 20th century. Today Flangebouche is a member of the Portes du Haut-Doubs municipal association .
On January 1, 2009, the arrondissement membership of the municipality was changed. Previously belonging to the Arrondissement Besançon , all municipalities of the canton came to the Arrondissement Pontarlier.
Attractions
- The Saint-Ferréol-et-Ferjeux church in Flangebouche was built in the 18th century in the classicism style.
- Next to the church is a monumental, richly carved stone cross from the 15th century.
- Various farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries in the characteristic style of Franche-Comté have been preserved in the town center.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 605 |
| 1968 | 582 |
| 1975 | 523 |
| 1982 | 527 |
| 1990 | 558 |
| 1999 | 549 |
| 2006 | 611 |
| 2006 | 774 |
With 779 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Flangebouche is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (722 people were still counted in 1881), population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until the 20th century, Flangebouche was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture (cattle breeding and dairy farming, arable farming). In addition, there are now various small and medium-sized businesses, mainly in wood processing. Many workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main road D461, which leads from Besançon to Morteau . The town center is now relieved of through traffic by a four-lane bypass. Another road connection is with Loray.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 872-875.
