Longeville
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Canton | Ornans | |
| Community association | Loue-Lison | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 2 ' N , 6 ° 14' E | |
| height | 540-930 m | |
| surface | 9.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 173 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25330 | |
| INSEE code | 25346 | |
 Mairie Longeville |
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Longeville is a French municipality with 173 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Longeville is located at 664 m above sea level, about ten kilometers southeast of Ornans and 28 kilometers southeast of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The street-line village extends in the Jura , on a high plateau west of the upper reaches of the Loue , at the northern foot of Mont Rochet .
The area of the 9.46 km² municipal area covers a section of the French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by the plateau of Longeville, which is on average 680 m and is mostly covered by meadows. In the east, the high plateau is bounded by the deeply carved erosion valley of the Loue, with the communal soil mostly only reaching to the upper edge of the steep slope. The Ruisseau de Raffenot drains the plateau north to the Loue and quickly sinks deep into the plateau. A part of the plateau west of the Raffenot valley furrow also belongs to Longeville.
To the south, the community area extends over a stepped terrain onto a ridge that forms an anticline in geological and tectonic terms and is oriented in the direction of west-south-west-east-north-east in accordance with the direction of the Jura in this region. It is subdivided into the Bois du Désert (with 930 m the highest elevation in Longeville), the Mont Rochet ( 851 m ) and the Belvoir ( 876 m ). With the striking rock faces of the Rochers du Capucins (municipal boundary ), it drops steeply to the Loue valley.
Neighboring communities of Longeville are Châteauvieux-les-Fossés and Vuillafans in the north, Lods and Mouthier-Haute-Pierre in the east, Évillers in the south and Amathay-Vésigneux and Chantrans in the west.
history
In 1120 Longeville first appears in the documents. The village church has been occupied since 1235. In the Middle Ages, Longeville was part of the Châteauvieux domain. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today the parish of Longeville is a member of the parish association Loue-Lison , whereby it forms an exclave of this parish association.
Attractions
The village church of Saint-Nicolas in Longeville was largely rebuilt in the 18th century, including the portal area of the previous building from the 13th century. Farmhouses in the characteristic style of the Haut-Doubs from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved in the old town center.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 198 |
| 1968 | 195 |
| 1975 | 163 |
| 1982 | 141 |
| 1990 | 145 |
| 1999 | 134 |
| 2006 | 143 |
| 2016 | 171 |
With 173 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Longeville is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (324 people were still counted in 1886), only slight fluctuations have been recorded since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Longeville was primarily a village characterized by agriculture, in particular dairy farming and cattle breeding, as well as forestry. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. Many workers are also commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is located off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Amancey to Lods. Other road connections exist with Vuillafans and Évillers.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 845-846.
