Fort-you-Plasne
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Claude | |
| Canton | Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux | |
| Community association | La Grandvallière | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 37 ′ N , 5 ° 59 ′ E | |
| height | 730-970 m | |
| surface | 12.92 km 2 | |
| Residents | 443 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 34 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 39150 | |
| INSEE code | 39232 | |
Fort-du-Plasne is a commune in the French department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Fort-du-Plasne is located at 887 m , about 16 km south of the city of Champagnole (beeline). The street-lined village extends in the Jura , in the northeast of the vast plateau of Grandvaux, east of the Lemme , on the edge of the forest heights of the Bois de Combe Noire.
The area of the 12.92 km² municipal area covers a section of the French Jura. The main part of the area is taken up by the Grandvaux plateau (an average of 890 m ). It shows only slight differences in relief and consists mainly of meadow and pasture land. Large parts of the area have no surface watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the porous calcareous subsoil. In some hollows, moorland has developed, and east of the village is the small Lac du Fort-du-Plasne in a hollow sealed by layers of clay .
To the west, the community area extends into the Lemme valley, around 60 m lower. This river forms the western boundary. It first flows through a wide flood plain, then crosses the chain of Prélet and Bois de Combe Noire in a gorge-like breakthrough. The plateau of Fort-du-Plasne is bounded in the south by the wooded ridges of the Bois du Ban (up to 960 m ), in the north by the forest height of the Bois de Combe Noire, on which the highest elevation in the municipality is reached at 970 m . The municipality is part of the Upper Jura Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura ).
In addition to the actual location, Fort-du-Plasne also includes several hamlets, farm groups and individual farms, including:
- Le Coin d'Aval ( 836 m ) in a hollow east of the Lemme
- Sous la Roche ( 845 m ) on the rise to the Fort-du-Plasne plateau
- Les Monnets ( 896 m ) on the Grandvaux plateau
Neighboring municipalities of Fort-du-Plasne are Entre-Deux-Monts and Les Planches-en-Montagne in the north, Foncine-le-Bas in the east, Lac-des-Rouges-Truites and Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux in the south and La Chaumusse and La Chaux-du-Dombief to the west.
history
The place name Fort is not derived from a fortification, but from the French word four (furnace), while plasne refers to a maple in the regional dialect . Since the Middle Ages, Fort-du-Plasne formed its own rule, which mostly belonged to the territory of the Abbey of Saint-Claude . In the vicinity of the village, the Catholic troops of the Saint-Claude dominion defeated the troops of the reformed Bern, who had penetrated far into the Jura, in 1543 . Together with Franche-Comté , Fort-du-Plasne came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
Attractions
The village church of Fort-du-Plasne was built in 1827 using a former burial chapel of the local aristocratic family. It has a Gothic apse and rich Baroque furnishings , including a 17th century oil painting, a pink marble altarpiece and a remarkable main altar. The Lezay mansion, which originally dates from the 13th century, has also been preserved.
Furthermore, the characteristic farms of the Upper Jurassic and the remains of an eight-arched Roman bridge should be mentioned.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 312 |
| 1968 | 302 |
| 1975 | 308 |
| 1982 | 264 |
| 1990 | 314 |
| 1999 | 397 |
| 2006 | 429 |
With 443 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Fort-du-Plasne is one of the small communities in the Jura department. After the population had declined markedly in the first half of the 20th century (620 people were counted in 1886), a significant increase in population has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Fort-du-Plasne was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture , in particular cattle and dairy farming, and forestry. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. Many workers are also commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is easily accessible from the main road N5, which leads from Geneva via Morez to Dole . Other road connections exist with Foncine-le-Bas and Lac-des-Rouges-Truites.
