Longevilles-Mont-d'Or
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Frasne | |
| Community association | Lacs et Montagnes du Haut-Doubs | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 45 ′ N , 6 ° 19 ′ E | |
| height | 890-1,463 m | |
| surface | 13.25 km 2 | |
| Residents | 581 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 44 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25370 | |
| INSEE code | 25348 | |
| Website | Longevilles-Mont-d'Or | |
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Longevilles-Mont-d'Or , unofficially Les Longevilles called, is a French municipality with 581 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Longevilles-Mont-d'Or is located at 921 m above sea level, about 17 kilometers south of the city of Pontarlier (as the crow flies). The street-row village extends in the Jura , in the eastern part of the longitudinal basin of the Val de Mouthe, in the Doubstal at the northwestern foot of the Mont d'Or , near the border with Switzerland .
The area of the 13.25 km² municipal area covers a section of the French Jura. The northern part of the area is taken up by the approximately 1 km wide longitudinal basin of the Val de Mouthe, which from a geological and tectonic point of view forms a syncline of the Jura folds . The Doubs, like its right tributary Rouge Bief, meanders through a wide valley before it leaves the depression west of Longevilles-Basses through a gorge-like valley and flows to Lac de Saint-Point . The Rouge Bief forms the northern boundary of the municipality.
To the south, the community area extends over a wooded slope to the partly wooded, partly pastureland-covered ridge that leads to the Mont d'Or and the Morond . There are no surface rivers here because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. The eastern border runs on the ridge of the Mont d'Or, which drops steeply to the east to the valley of the Jougnena . At the summit, the highest point of Longevilles-Mont-d'Or is reached at 1463 m. The municipality is part of the Upper Jura Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura ).
The municipality of Longevilles-Mont-d'Or consists of the two districts Longevilles-Basses ( 921 m ) and Longevilles-Hautes ( 955 m ), both located in the Val de Mouthe at the foot of the Mont d'Or. Neighboring communities of Longevilles-Mont-d'Or are Rochejean in the west, Fourcatier-et-Maison-Neuve and Saint-Antoine in the north, Métabief and Jougne in the east and the Swiss municipality of Vallorbe in the south.
history
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Longevilles was first mentioned in a document in 1351. The place name is derived from the Latin words longa villa (long village). Since the Middle Ages, Longevilles belonged to the Rochejean estate, which was under the House of Chalon-Arlay. In 1639 Longevilles was affected by the troops of Duke Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar . Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Iron processing plants have existed in Longevilles since the end of the Middle Ages. The iron was mined in the Valanginia, a sedimentary layer of the Lower Cretaceous in the western Jura , while the extensive forests in the area provided enough wood for the operation of blast furnaces. The two districts of Longevilles-Basses and Longevilles-Hautes have always belonged together. They have been called Longevilles-Mont-d'Or since 1923. Since 1999, Longevilles-Mont-d'Or has been a member of the Communauté de communes du Mont d'Or et des Deux Lacs, which comprises 19 localities .
Attractions
The village church of Saint-Sylvestre at the eastern exit of Longevilles-Basses was built in 1838.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 281 |
| 1968 | 248 |
| 1975 | 253 |
| 1982 | 272 |
| 1990 | 323 |
| 1999 | 368 |
| 2006 | 400 |
| 2016 | 566 |
With 581 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Longevilles-Mont-d'Or is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (540 people were still counted in 1881), there has been significant population growth again since the beginning of the 1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Longevilles-Mont-d'Or was primarily a village characterized by agriculture, in particular dairy and cattle breeding, as well as forestry. In addition, there are now a few local small businesses, including a cheese dairy and some retail shops. 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.
Longevilles-Mont-d'Or has also benefited from tourism since the 1960s, when the area and Morond and Mont d'Or were developed into an important winter sports area in the French Jura. The slopes of the two ridges are made accessible by various ski lifts for alpine skiing.
The village is very well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on a departmental road that leads from Mouthe to Jougne . Further road connections exist with Métabief and Fourcatier-et-Maison-Neuve. Together with Roche Jean Longevilles-Mont-d'Or has a station on the railway line from Frasne to Vallorbe , which opened the 1915th The train station is at the north portal of the 6079 m long tunnel du Mont d'Or .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 812-814.
