Moirans-en-Montagne
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Claude | |
| Canton | Moirans-en-Montagne (main town) | |
| Community association | Jura Sud | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 26 ' N , 5 ° 44' E | |
| height | 423-981 m | |
| surface | 26.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,099 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 79 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 39260 | |
| INSEE code | 39333 | |
Moirans-en-Montagne is a commune in the French department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It is the capital of the canton of Moirans-en-Montagne in the arrondissement of Saint-Claude .
geography
Moirans-en-Montagne is located at 623 m , about twelve kilometers west-northwest of the city of Saint-Claude (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in a valley- like valley between the Mont Robert in the west and the wooded heights of the Forêt de Moirans in the east, east of the Lac de Vouglans .
The area of the 26.56 km² municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The area is drained by the village stream from Moirans west to Lac de Vouglans. This reservoir, which in the area of Moirans-en-Montagne is approximately 1 km wide, forms the western boundary and is sunk around 100 m into the surrounding plateaus. From Lac de Vouglans the community area extends eastward over a steep slope to the adjacent Moirans plateau. To the east, the plateau is dominated by the narrow ridges of Mont Robert ( 743 m ) and Mont Saint-Christophe ( 785 m ). In between is the entrance to the valley-like Moirans valley, which is lined on both sides by steep slopes and cliffs. Further to the east, the community soil extends to the predominantly densely wooded plateaus of the Jura ( Forêt de Moirans ) and to the Roche d'Antre ( 961 m ). At 981 m , the highest point of Moirans-en-Montagne is reached on a knoll in the Forêt de Moirans. The municipality is part of the Upper Jura Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura ).
Neighboring municipalities of Moirans-en-Montagne are
- Maisod , Charchilla , Crenans , Meussia and Étival in the north,
- Les Crozets in the northeast,
- Coteaux du Lizon with Ravilloles and Saint-Lupicin in the east,
- Villards-d'Héria , Martigna and Lect in the south,
- Onoz in the west.
history
Moirans-en-Montagne can look back on a very long tradition of settlement. Remains from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age have been found in the municipality . During the Roman times , the settlement of Mauriana , from which the current place name is derived, was located here .
In the 12th century, monks from the Abbey of Saint-Claude founded a priory in the Klustal of Moirans. On the site of the former Gallo-Roman settlement at the foot of the castle hill (Château de Charbonnel), a market town developed in the Middle Ages, which was fortified in the 13th century. The castle became the center of a barony that was dependent on the Saint-Claude Abbey. It was destroyed by French troops in 1637. Together with Franche-Comté , Moirans came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. In 1929, Moirans was officially renamed Moirans-en-Montagne in the Isère department to make it easier to distinguish from Moirans .
Attractions
The current parish church of Moirans-en-Montagne was built in the 15th century in the Gothic Flamboyant style. It replaced an earlier parish church, the choir of which was converted into a chapel in the 17th century. Ruins of the two medieval castles, the Vieux-Château (13th century) and the Château-Neuf (14th century), some of the residence of the abbots of Saint-Claude, have been preserved. The Hôtel de Ville (town hall) was built in 1857. Toys from the 19th and 20th centuries are on display in the Musée du Jouet.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 1,464 |
| 1968 | 1,551 |
| 1975 | 2,043 |
| 1982 | 1,954 |
| 1990 | 2,018 |
| 1999 | 2.121 |
| 2005 | 2,249 |
With 2099 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Moirans-en-Montagne is one of the medium-sized communities in the Jura department. After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range of around 1500 people, a significant increase in population was recorded, especially at the beginning of the 1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Moirans-en-Montagne was mainly a village characterized by agriculture , retail trade and forestry. The manufacture of wooden toys is one of the traditional industries . Since the 1980s, a larger industrial and commercial zone has developed on the plateau west of Moirans-en-Montagne. Companies in the toy manufacturing (made of wood and plastic), plastics, production of car accessories and transport industries have settled here.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main D470 road from Lons-le-Saunier to Saint-Claude. Today Moirans-en-Montagne has a bypass, so that the old town center is relieved of through traffic. Further road connections exist with Martigna, Lect, Crenans and Les Crozets. The closest connection to the A404 motorway (Saint-Martin-du-Frêne-Oyonnax) is around 22 km away.
