Les Bréseux
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbeliard | |
| Canton | Maîche | |
| Community association | Pays de Maîche | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 16 ' N , 6 ° 49' E | |
| height | 570-910 m | |
| surface | 7.37 km 2 | |
| Residents | 477 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 65 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25120 | |
| INSEE code | 25091 | |
 Mairie Les Bréseux |
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Les Bréseux is a French municipality with 477 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Les Bréseux is located at 750 m , two kilometers north of Maîche and about 28 kilometers south of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in a hollow at the northern foot of Mont Miroir , on the edge of the Maîche plateau.
The area of the 7.37 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The southern part of the area is occupied by the Les Bréseux basin. Topographically, this belongs to the catchment area of the Dessoubre , but has no above-ground running water because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. The almost one kilometer wide basin opens to the west towards the Dessoubre valley. It is flanked in the south by the heights of Mont Miroir , at which the highest point of Les Bréseux is reached at 910 m. On its north side, the hollow is bordered by the wide ridge of Bourbet (up to 850 m), which is partly made up of meadows and pastures, partly with forest. This ridge falls in various places with striking limestone walls ( Rochers du Bourbet vantage point ) to the deeply cut Dessoubre valley, whereby the northern municipal boundary mostly runs along the steep slope, sometimes also above the steep drop.
In addition to the actual town center, Les Bréseux also includes various hamlets and individual farms, including:
- Mont Janson ( 775 m ) north of the Les Bréseux basin
- Le Bourbet ( 776 m ) at the height of Bourbet
Neighboring municipalities of Les Bréseux are Fleurey , Saint-Hippolyte and Montandon in the north, Thiébouhans in the east, Maîche in the south and Mancenans-Lizerne and Orgeans-Blanchefontaine in the west.
Attractions
The Saint-Michel church was built in 1819 on the site of an early 17th century chapel. She owns, among other things, important glass paintings by Alfred Manessier (1948–50).
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population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 241 |
| 1968 | 255 |
| 1975 | 264 |
| 1982 | 294 |
| 1990 | 369 |
| 1999 | 404 |
| 2016 | 483 |
With 477 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Les Bréseux is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (387 people were counted in 1901), the population has continued to grow steadily since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Les Bréseux was a village dominated by agriculture (cattle breeding and dairy farming) and forestry. In addition, there are now various local small businesses. Many workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road D437, which leads from Montbéliard via Maîche to Morteau . Further road connections exist with Mancenans-Lizerne and Thiébouhans.
