Lebetain
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Territoire de Belfort | |
| Arrondissement | Belfort | |
| Canton | Dent | |
| Community association | South Territoire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 29 ′ N , 6 ° 59 ′ E | |
| height | 380-507 m | |
| surface | 4.84 km 2 | |
| Residents | 421 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 87 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 90100 | |
| INSEE code | 90063 | |
 Town hall and school |
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Lebetain (German former lover Thal ) is a French commune in the department Territoire de Belfort in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Lebetain is located at 414 m above sea level, three kilometers southwest of Delle and about 14 kilometers east of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends in the northern foothills of the Jura , on a hill west of the valley of Saint-Dizier, in the immediate vicinity of the border with Switzerland .
The area of the 4.84 km² municipal area covers a section of the northern French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by the valley of Saint-Dizier, which extends in a south-north direction and is drained from the Batte to the Allaine . Various short side valleys open towards the main valley, which below Lebetain reaches a valley floor width of more than 500 m. The valleys are deepened into the northern foothills of the Table Jura , which gradually descends here to the plains of the Burgundian Gate . In the vicinity of Lebetain the plateaus are partly covered with arable land and meadow, partly with forest. To the west, the municipal area extends to the height of Saint-Dizier (up to 502 m), which separates the valleys of the Batte and Feschotte. In the southeast, in the forest area La Vie de Porrentruy on the high plateau, the highest elevation of Lebetain is reached at 507 m.
Lebetain's neighboring communities are Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque in the south, Fêche-l'Église in the west, Delle in the north and the Swiss community Boncourt in the east.
history
The municipality of Lebetain was settled very early, which was proven by the remains of a Neolithic grave and Merovingian graves. Lebetain was first mentioned in a document in 1150 under the name Libeten . Since the beginning of the 14th century, the village was under the rule of Delle . In the first half of the 14th century Lebetain came under the sovereignty of the Habsburgs. Together with the Sundgau , it came to the French crown with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Lebetain has belonged to the Haut-Rhin department since 1793, but remained in France in 1871 as part of the Territoire de Belfort, unlike the rest of Alsace . Together with Joncherey, Lebetain was merged with Delle in 1972, but was given back its independence in 1979.
Attractions
The center of Lebetain is characterized by numerous rural farmhouses. The Saint-Gérard church (1959) stands near the Batte stream. Also worth seeing are the Lavoir from 1852 and a Calvaire from 1628.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 322 |
| 1968 | 306 |
| 1975 | - |
| 1982 | 392 |
| 1990 | 419 |
| 1999 | 393 |
With 421 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Lebetain is one of the small communities in the Territoire de Belfort department. After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range between 230 and 260 people, a significant increase in population was recorded especially from 1950 to 1980. Since then, the number of inhabitants has remained almost constant.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Lebetain was mainly a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. In the meantime the village has turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the agglomerations of Belfort and Montbéliard.
The village is located away from the major road connections on a departmental road that leads from Delle to Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque. The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around 14 kilometers away. Further road connections exist with Fêche-l'Église and Villars-le-Sec.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Territoire de Belfort. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-037-X , pp. 140-141.
