Le Mémont
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Morteau | |
| Community association | Plateau de Russey | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 9 ' N , 6 ° 41' E | |
| height | 940-1,051 m | |
| surface | 3.16 km 2 | |
| Residents | 44 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25210 | |
| INSEE code | 25373 | |
Le Mémont is a French commune with a population of 44 (as at 1st January 2017) in the Doubs department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Le Mémont is located at 998 m , 13 kilometers north-northeast of Morteau and about 13 kilometers west-northwest of the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , on the edge of the small basin of Mémont on the ridge of the same name, which rises in the southwest of the high plateau of Maîche.
The area of the 3.16 km² municipal area covers a section of the French Jura. The entire area is taken up by the wide ridge of Le Mémont. 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 in accordance with the direction of the mountains in this region. As a result of the erosion , the uppermost hard rock layer was cleared out over time, which is why a basin formed on the ridge, which is surrounded on all sides by 20 to 50 m high, partly rocky ridges. The western boundary runs on the ridge of Mont Repentir ( 1050 m ), the southern on that of Les Murs . Here the highest point of Le Mémont is reached at 1056 m. While the basin consists mainly of pastureland, the ridge is forested. The area has no surface watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil.
Neighboring communities to Le Mémont are Le Luhier in the north, Le Russey in the east and Le Bizot in the south.
history
In the Middle Ages, Le Mémont belonged to the lordship of Réaumont, which was under the sovereignty of the Lords of Montfaucon and from the 15th century under that of the Counts of Montbéliard. 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-Nom-de-Marie in Le Mémont was built in the 18th century.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 50 |
| 1968 | 43 |
| 1975 | 37 |
| 1982 | 27 |
| 1990 | 24 |
| 1999 | 30th |
| 2006 | 38 |
| 2016 | 41 |
With 44 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Le Mémont is one of the smallest communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (88 people were still counted in 1901), only minor fluctuations have been recorded since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Le Mémont was a village dominated by agriculture (cattle breeding and dairy farming). Even today, the residents live mainly from their work in the first sector. Outside the primary sector there are very few jobs in the village. Some workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Le Russey to Le Bélieu . There are further road connections with Le Luhier and Le Bizot.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1210-1211.
