Mont-de-Laval
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Morteau | |
| Community association | Plateau de Russey | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 10 ′ N , 6 ° 38 ′ E | |
| height | 570–1,050 m | |
| surface | 8.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 177 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25210 | |
| INSEE code | 25391 | |
Mont-de-Laval is a French municipality with 177 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Mont-de-Laval is located at 808 m , 13 km north of Morteau and about 17 kilometers west-northwest of the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in the far west of the Maîche plateau, above the deep valley of the Dessoubre .
The area of the 8.44 km² municipal area covers a section of the French Jura. The main part of the area is taken up by the slightly undulating plateau, which averages 820 m. It consists mainly of meadow and pasture land. The plateau has no above-ground watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. To the west and north, the plateau drops steeply to the 300 m deep erosion valley of the Dessoubre (with the rock arena Cirque de Consolation ) and to the side valley of the Pissoux . The municipal boundary mostly runs above the steep slope crowned by a ledge. To the southeast, the community area extends over a wooded slope on Mont Repentir , on which the highest point of Mont-de-Laval is reached at 1050 m. The Mont Repentir is part of the wide ridge of Le Mémont . From a geological and tectonic point of view, this ridge forms an anticline of the Jura folds and is oriented in the south-west-north-east direction in accordance with the direction of the mountains in this region.
In addition to the actual village, Mont-de-Laval also includes various hamlets and numerous individual farms, including:
- Les Chaucheux ( 805 m ) on the plateau south of the Pissoux valley
- Le Tonnot ( 850 m ) on the plateau at the north foot of Mont Repentir
Neighboring municipalities of Mont-de-Laval are Laval-le-Prieuré and Plaimbois-du-Miroir in the north, Montbéliardot , Le Luhier and Le Bizot in the east, La Bosse and Guyans-Vennes in the south and Consolation-Maisonnettes in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Mont-de-Laval belonged to the lordship of Réaumont, which was under the sovereignty of the Lords of Montfaucon and from the 15th century under that of the Counts of Montbéliard. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
On January 1, 2009 there was a change in the arrondissement membership of the municipality. Previously belonging to the arrondissement of Montbéliard , all municipalities of the canton came to the arrondissement of Pontarlier.
Attractions
The Saint-Grat church was built in 1859 in the neo-Gothic style. In the town center as well as in the hamlets, various farmhouses from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved in the characteristic Franche-Comté style.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 190 |
| 1968 | 174 |
| 1975 | 187 |
| 1982 | 171 |
| 1990 | 161 |
| 1999 | 137 |
| 2016 | 175 |
With 177 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Mont-de-Laval is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the number of inhabitants had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (353 people were still counted in 1901), after a temporary stagnation in recent years, a decline has been recorded again.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Mont-de-Laval was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture (cattle breeding and dairy farming, some arable farming). Even today, the residents live mainly from their work in the first sector. Outside the primary sector there are few jobs in the village. Some workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is located off the main thoroughfares, near a department road that leads from Maîche to Orchamps-Vennes . Another road connection is with Laval-le-Prieuré.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1212-1213.
