Grand'Combe-des-Bois
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Morteau | |
| Community association | Plateau de Russey | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 8 ' N , 6 ° 47' E | |
| height | 615-1,087 m | |
| surface | 11.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 133 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25210 | |
| INSEE code | 25286 | |
 Mairie Grand'Combe-des-Bois |
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Grand'Combe-des-Bois is a French commune with a population of 133 (as at 1st January 2017) in the Doubs department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Grand'Combe-des-Bois is located at 995 m , 17 kilometers northeast of Morteau and about five kilometers northwest of the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , on a wide ridge on the southern edge of the Maîche plateau high above the Doubs valley , near the border with Switzerland .
The area of the 11.87 km² municipal area covers a section of the French Jura. The main part of the area is taken up by the relatively weak relief high plateau of Maîche, which averages 940 m. It is mainly made up of meadow and pasture land, but also shows some larger forest areas. The plateau has no above-ground watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. In the north, the municipal area extends on the ridge of the Grand Mont (up to 1005 m), in the southwest up to the height of Mont Devoir , on which the highest point of Grand'Combe-des-Bois is reached at 1087 m. Towards the south, the terrain drops steeply to the canyon-like valley of the Doubs, which is cut into the Jura plateau. The wooded slopes of the valley ( Côte de Grand'Combe ) are criss-crossed by various limestone walls. The southern border always runs along the Doubs.
Grand'Combe-des-Bois includes the hamlet of Les Belles Places ( 983 m ) on the ridge northeast of the village and various individual farms. Neighboring municipalities to Grand'Combe-des-Bois are Villers-le-Lac and Le Barboux in the west, Le Russey in the north, Bonnétage in the east and the Swiss municipalities of Les Planchettes and La Chaux-de-Fonds in the south.
history
In the Middle Ages, Grand'Combe-des-Bois belonged to the lords of Vennes and Montfaucon . Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
On January 1, 2009 there was a change in the arrondissement membership of the municipality. Previously belonging to the arrondissement of Montbéliard , all municipalities of the canton came to the arrondissement of Pontarlier.
Attractions
The village church of Saint-Barnabé in Grand'Combe-des-Bois was inaugurated in 1857 and stands on the site of an earlier church that was built in the early 17th century. The church has a rich interior (furniture from the 18th century, frescoes) and was extensively restored from 2005 to 2006. Various farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries in the traditional Franche-Comté style have been preserved in the town center and on the Jura heights. The Ferme Purguy is characterized by a Renaissance window.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 155 |
| 1968 | 150 |
| 1975 | 128 |
| 1982 | 100 |
| 1990 | 75 |
| 1999 | 87 |
| 2004 | 97 |
| 2016 | 138 |
With 133 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Grand'Combe-des-Bois is one of the smallest communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (266 people were counted in 1896), only minor fluctuations have been recorded since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Grand'Combe-des-Bois was a village dominated by agriculture (cattle and dairy farming) and forestry. In addition, there are now a few local small businesses, including a sawmill and a cheese factory. Many workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is located off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Le Barboux to Fournet-Blancheroche. Another road connection is with Le Russey.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1204-1206.
