Médière
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbeliard | |
| Canton | Bavans | |
| Community association | Deux Vallées Vertes | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 27 ' N , 6 ° 36' E | |
| height | 288-434 m | |
| surface | 5.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 284 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 50 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25250 | |
| INSEE code | 25372 | |
Médière is a French municipality with 284 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Médière is located at 305 m , two kilometers northeast of L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs and about 16 kilometers west-southwest of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends slightly higher on the northern edge of the Doubs valley at the entrance to a short side valley, on the northern edge of the extreme ridges of the Jura .
The area of the 5.73 km² large municipal area includes a section of the Doubstal. The southern border runs along the Doubs, which flows here with several turns in a flat valley low about one kilometer wide and is accompanied by the waterway of the Rhine-Rhône Canal . From the course of the river, the community area extends north-east over the valley floodplain and a steep slope up to 60 m high to the adjacent plateau (340 to 400 m). The plateau is partly made up of arable and meadow land, partly of forest. It is subdivided by two dry valleys that flow into the Doubstal near Médière . The terrain gradually rises to the north and east and reaches the highest point in Médière at 434 m in the Forêt de la Chaille .
Neighboring municipalities of Médière are Étrappe , Onans and Faimbe in the north, Beutal and La Prétière in the east, L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs in the south and Appenans in the west.
history
The municipality of Médière was settled very early. There was a Roman camp in the Le Châtelard corridor. During the Middle Ages, one part of Médière belonged to the Lords of Neuchâtel , while the other was subordinate to the Counts of Montbéliard. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Médière is part of the Deux Vallées Vertes municipal association .
Attractions
The Saint-Étienne church was built at the beginning of the 19th century, and the nave was enlarged from 1872 to 1877. Above the village is the statue of Vierge the Pionot. Various farmhouses from the 17th and 18th centuries in the characteristic style of Franche-Comté have been preserved in the town center.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 298 |
| 1968 | 313 |
| 1975 | 362 |
| 1982 | 305 |
| 1990 | 327 |
| 1999 | 314 |
| 2006 | 328 |
| 2006 | 291 |
With 284 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Médière is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. Throughout the 20th century, the population always fluctuated between 270 and 360 people.
Economy and Infrastructure
Médière was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry until well into the 20th century. In addition, there are now some local small business and retail businesses. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the larger towns in the area and in the Montbéliard agglomeration.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main road N83, which leads from Besançon to Belfort . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around nine kilometers away. Another important road connection is with Montbéliard.
