Gilley (Doubs)
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Ornans | |
| Community association | Montbenoît | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 3 ' N , 6 ° 29' E | |
| height | 820-1,083 m | |
| surface | 17.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,656 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 96 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25650 | |
| INSEE code | 25271 | |
 Sainte-Anne church; right the Mairie |
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Gilley is a French commune with 1,656 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Gilley is located at 871 m about 18 kilometers northeast of the city of Pontarlier (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in a sunny location at the southern foot of Mont Chaumont, on the high plateau of Gilley, north of the Doubs valley section .
The area of the 17.27 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by the high plateau of Gilley, which is around five kilometers long and almost three kilometers wide and averages 870 m. It is mostly covered by meadow and pasture land. The plateau has no above-ground watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. To the northwest, the community area extends over a relatively steep slope to the wide ridge that stretches from the Crêt Monniot to the northeast to Mont Chaumont and then in the area of the Col du Tonet pass ( 965 m ) in the crete des Bois d'Orchamps continues. From a geological and tectonic point of view, this ridge forms an anticline of the Jura folds and is oriented in the south-west-north-east direction according to the direction of the mountain range in this region. In the ridge area of this ridge, on which the highest elevation of Gilley is reached at 1083 m, there are extensive high pastures. To the northeast, the communal soil extends into the forest areas Bois de la Joux-Dessous and Bois de la Joux-Dessus .
In addition to the actual village, Gilley also includes various hamlets and numerous individual farms, including:
- Le Lava ( 865 m ) on the southern edge of the Gilley plateau above the Doubs valley
- Les Seignes ( 860 m ) on the Gilley plateau
- Les Vies-de-Vennes ( 885 m ) on the edge of the Gilley plateau at the foot of Mont Chaumont
- Les Baraques ( 1035 m ) on the ridge of Mont Chaumont
Neighboring municipalities of Gilley are Longemaison , Flangebouche and Orchamps-Vennes in the north, Fournets-Luisans and Les Combes in the east, La Longeville in the south and La Chaux and Arc-sous-Cicon in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages Gilley belonged to the monastic rule of Montbenoît . Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Since 1947 Gilley has also been part of the micronation Free Republic of Saugeais (République du Saugeais).
Attractions
The village church of Sainte-Anne was built in the 17th century and modified in the 18th century. Various farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries in the traditional Haut-Doubs style have been preserved in the town center. The hamlet of Le Lava and its group of buildings are a beautiful example of rural architecture.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 901 |
| 1968 | 942 |
| 1975 | 978 |
| 1982 | 1040 |
| 1990 | 1149 |
| 1999 | 1253 |
| 2016 | 1636 |
With 1656 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Gilley is one of the smaller communities in the Doubs department. After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range between 840 and 900 people, a continuous population growth has been recorded since the beginning of the 1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Gilley was a village dominated by agriculture (cattle and dairy farming, arable farming) and forestry until well into the 20th century. Today Gilley is the most populous municipality in the canton of Montbenoît and performs central functions for the surrounding area. In the community there are mainly precision mechanics, wood processing, construction and transport businesses, as well as various retail shops.
The village is located away from the larger thoroughfares. Road connections exist with Morteau , Montbenoît , Bugny , Arc-sous-Cicon , Avoudrey and Orchamps-Vennes . Gilley has a train station on the railway line from Besançon to Le Locle . The operation of the former railway line from Gilley to Pontarlier was discontinued.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 745-746.
