Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbeliard | |
| Canton | Maîche | |
| Community association | Pays de Maîche | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 18 ' N , 6 ° 54' E | |
| height | 626-933 m | |
| surface | 10.35 km 2 | |
| Residents | 219 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25470 | |
| INSEE code | 25458 | |
 Church of the Nativity ( Église de l'Assomption ) |
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Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts is a French municipality with 219 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts is located at 748 m , nine kilometers northeast of Maîche and about 24 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in the northeast of the Maîche plateau, in a wide basin at the northern foot of the Verbois heights.
The area of the 10.35 km² municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the low relief basin of Les Plains, which averages 750 m. It consists mainly of meadow and pasture land and is bordered in the west by the gorge-like incision of a dry valley , which topographically belongs to the catchment area of the Charbonney brook . The plateau has no above-ground watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. The basin is flanked in the north by the Les Vérailles hill ( 814 m ). This is followed in the northwest by the valley basin of Trémeux (also in the Charbonney catchment area) and the Queue de Veau ( 864 m ) ridge , which separates the high plateau from the northern section of the Doubs . To the south, the municipality extends to the wooded height of the Verbois ( 939 m ) and the ridge of Montsassier , on which the highest point of Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts is reached at 945 m. This ridge marks the transition from the basin of Les Plains to the southern section of the Doube valley.
Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts includes the hamlet of Trémeux ( 715 m ) on the southern slope of the Queue de Veau and various farms. Neighboring municipalities of Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts are Soulce-Cernay and Courtefontaine in the north, Indevillers in the east, Fessevillers and Trévillers in the south and Montandon in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts belonged to the county of La Roche de Saint-Hippolyte. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
Attractions
The Church of the Nativity ( Église de l'Assomption ) in Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts was built in the 17th century and modified in the 18th century. Various farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries in the traditional Haut-Doubs style have been preserved in the town center.
population
With 219 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (305 people were still counted in 1886), only slight fluctuations have been recorded since the mid-1970s.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 183 | 200 | 178 | 156 | 171 | 179 | 196 | 222 |
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (cattle breeding and dairy farming) and forestry. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. Many workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Trévillers to Indevillers. Further road connections exist with Courtefontaine and Soulce-Cernay.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1259-1261.
Web links
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- ↑ Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts on the Insee website
- ↑ Résultats du recensement de la population - 2008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
