Liesle
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Canton | Saint Vit | |
| Community association | Loue-Lison | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 4 ' N , 5 ° 49' E | |
| height | 235-462 m | |
| surface | 16.54 km 2 | |
| Residents | 533 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 32 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25440 | |
| INSEE code | 25336 | |
Liesle is a French municipality with 533 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Liesle is located at 254 m , northeast of Arc-et-Senans , about 25 kilometers southwest of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The clustered village extends on the western edge of the Jura , in a basin between the mountain ranges of Chanois in the west and Bois du Peu in the east, at the entrance of the Loue into the broad Val d'Amour .
The area of the 16.54 km² large municipality covers a section of the western French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the Liesle Basin, which is 260 m on average and 3 km wide and 5 km long. The basin, which consists mainly of arable and meadow land, is drained from the Ruisseau au Saumont to the south to the Loue. This forms the southern municipal boundary. The basin is flanked in the east by the wooded ridge of the Bois du Peu ( 443 m ) and Chataillon ( 425 m ). This ridge stretches south from Quingey to the breakthrough of the Loue at Rennes-sur-Loue. To the west, the basin is bounded by the Chanois range of hills , on which Liesle's highest elevation is reached at 467 m. In the far west, the area is part of the extensive forest area of the Forêt de Chaux .
Neighboring municipalities of Liesle are Fourg and Byans-sur-Doubs in the north, Lombard and Mesmay in the east, Buffard and Champagne-sur-Loue in the south and Arc-et-Senans and Chissey-sur-Loue in the west.
history
The municipality of Liesle was already populated during the Gallo-Roman period. In the Middle Ages Liesle formed its own rule. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
Attractions
The village church was built in 1841 on the site of a previous church, of which the Gothic choir was included in the new building. Other noteworthy buildings include the Château Marguet (now a school) and the Moulin de Larnaude mill .
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 559 |
| 1968 | 546 |
| 1975 | 503 |
| 1982 | 495 |
| 1990 | 572 |
| 1999 | 552 |
| 2005 | 529 |
| 2017 | 533 |
With 533 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Liesle is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (834 people were still counted in 1886), only relatively minor fluctuations have been recorded since the early 1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Liesle was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing, viticulture and cattle breeding) and forestry. The Loue's hydropower was previously used to run a mill. Today there are some local small businesses. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Arc-et-Senans to Quingey. Further road connections exist with Buffard and Lombard. Liesle has a train station on the railway line from Besançon to Mouchard .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1050-1055.
