Grande-Rivière (Jura)
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| local community | Grande-Rivière Château | |
| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Claude | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 32 ' N , 5 ° 55' E | |
| Post Code | 39150 | |
| Former INSEE code | 39258 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Grande-Rivière is a village and a commune Déléguée in the French municipality of Grande-Rivière Château with 422 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Grande-Rivière is located at 880 m , nine kilometers west-northwest of Morez and about 18 km north-northeast of the city of Saint-Claude (as the crow flies). The scattered settlement community extends in the Jura , on the extensive plateau of Grandvaux, on the hill north of the Lac de l'Abbaye , northwest of the forest heights of the Forêt de la Joux Devant.
The surface of the 30.59 km² area of the Commune déléguée covers a section of the French Jura. The landscape is characterized by parallel ridges and wide longitudinal hollows, which are oriented towards the southwest-northeast in accordance with the direction of the fold of the Jura in this area. The main part of the area is taken up by the Grandvaux plateau (an average of 880 m ). It shows only slight differences in relief and consists mainly of meadow and pasture land. The karst phenomena are characteristic of the plateau . There are cart fields and sinkholes in various places . Almost the entire area shows no surface watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the porous calcareous subsoil. In places that are sealed by clay minerals , there are bog areas and lakes or small ponds. The two largest lakes are Lac de l'Abbaye ( 871 m ) and Lac des Bez , which are drained underground by infiltration funnels.
In the southeast, the Grandvaux plateau is flanked by the ridge of the Forêt de la Joux Devant , which geologically forms an anticline of the Jura folds . Here, at 1158 m, the highest elevation of Grande-Rivière is reached. To the west, the municipal area extends into the infiltration area of the Bief de Nanchey , to the Bois de la Joux Derrière ( 1121 m ) and in a narrow corner over the syncline of the Combe du Nanchey to the Forêt de Prénovel (up to 1090 m ). The municipality is part of the Upper Jura Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura ).
The Commune déléguée Grande-Rivière consists of numerous hamlet settlements, farm groups and individual farms, including:
- Les Jeannez ( 923 m ) on the Grandvaux plateau
- Les Mussillons ( 915 m ) on the high plateau at the foot of the Forêt de la Joux Devant
- Les Chauvins ( 860 m ) in a hollow on the Grandvaux plateau
- Les Guillons ( 892 m ) on a hill north of the Lac de l'Abbaye
- Abbaye de Grandvaux ( 880 m ) on the east bank of Lac de l'Abbaye at the foot of the Forêt de la Joux Devant
- Les Bouviers ( 891 m ) on a hill north of the Lac de l'Abbaye
- Les Bez ( 898 m ) on a hill between the Lac de l'Abbaye and the Lac des Bez
- Sur le Moulin ( 905 m ) slightly elevated south of Lac de l'Abbaye
- Les Brenets ( 897 m ) on a hill south of Lac des Bez
- Les Faivres ( 880 m ) on the Grandvaux plateau
Neighboring municipalities of Grande-Rivière were Saint-Pierre and Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux in the north, Morbier and Hauts de Bienne with Lézat in the east, Château-des-Prés and Nanchez in the south and Saint-Maurice-Crillat in the west.
history
The religious center of the Grandvaux plateau was the Grandvaux Abbey, founded in the 6th century. It was merged with the Abbey of Saint-Claude in the 14th century and abolished at the time of the French Revolution . The area of Grande-Rivière came to France in 1678 together with Franche-Comté with the Peace of Nijmegen . In 1973 the previously independent municipality of Rivière-Devant (with the Abbaye-en-Grandvaux settlement as its core) was merged with Grande-Rivière.
The municipality of Grande-Rivière merged with Château-des-Prés on January 1, 2019 to form the Commune nouvelle Grande-Rivière Château.
Attractions
The former abbey church and today's parish church of the Abbaye de Grandvaux stands on a headland on the east bank of Lac de l'Abbaye. Most of the structure dates from the 15th century; the bell tower was built in the 17th century. The Chauvins chapel was built in the 17th century. Remains of the former Château du Châtelet (near Les Faivres) and Château Farods-aux-Bez have been preserved.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 434 |
| 1968 | 445 |
| 1975 | 389 |
| 1982 | 377 |
| 1990 | 396 |
| 1999 | 432 |
With 425 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016), Grande-Rivière was one of the small communities in the Jura department. After the population had always been around 400 in the first half of the 20th century, a slight increase in population has been recorded in the last few decades.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Grande-Rivière was primarily a village characterized by agriculture , especially cattle and dairy farming, as well as forestry. In addition, there are now various small businesses (including a sawmill) and retail. Many workers are also commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
As a resort in a popular excursion area in the High Jura, Grande-Rivière now benefits from tourism, especially from winter tourism, when cross-country skiing can be practiced on the high plateau.
The village is located away from the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Saint-Claude to Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux. There are other road connections with Saint-Lupicin , Prénovel and Saint-Pierre.
