Montancy
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbeliard | |
| Canton | Maîche | |
| Community association | Pays de Maîche | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 21 ' N , 7 ° 3' E | |
| height | 410-920 m | |
| surface | 8.86 km 2 | |
| Residents | 141 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 16 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25190 | |
| INSEE code | 25386 | |
| Website | Montancy | |
 French border station in the district of Brémoncourt am Doubs on the border with Switzerland |
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Montancy (unofficially Montancy-Brémoncourt is called) is a French municipality with 141 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . The municipality and the school are located in the Brémoncourt district.
geography
Montancy is located at 828 m , seven kilometers southwest of Porrentruy and about 24 kilometers southeast of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village of Montancy extends in the Jura , on a saddle at the height of the Lomont range north of the deeply cut Doube valley , in the immediate vicinity of the border with Switzerland . Montancy is the easternmost municipality in the Doubs department.
The area of the 8.86 km² municipal area covers a section of the French Jura. The south-eastern part of the area is occupied by the Doubstal. The Doubs flows here between the Lomont range and the heights of the Clos du Doubs to the west through a flat valley lowland that is no more than 500 meters wide. At Brémoncourt there is a widening of the valley in which the Frénois tributary flows into the Doubs. The valley is flanked on both sides by steep, wooded slopes, which are criss-crossed by ledges in various places. On the south side, the communal soil extends to the rocks of Le Tremblot (up to 750 m).
To the northwest, the community area extends over the steep slope to the promontory of the Dérable and the terrace of the Montagnes de Glère up to the height of Montancy. The northern border runs on the broad ridge of the Lomont chain with the heights of Gros Buisson ( 912 m ) and Sur les Roches , on which the highest point of Montancy is reached at 920 m.
The community consists of the districts of Montancy ( 828 m ) on the Lomont chain and Brémoncourt ( 419 m ) in the valley widening at the mouth of the Frénois stream in the Doubs, as well as a few individual farms. Neighboring communities of Montancy are Burnevillers in the south, Glère in the west and the Swiss communities Haute-Ajoie and Fontenais (until 2012 Bressaucourt ) in the north and Clos du Doubs in the east.
history
In the Middle Ages, Montancy was part of the Montjoie dominion. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 156 |
| 1968 | 146 |
| 1975 | 124 |
| 1982 | 122 |
| 1990 | 137 |
| 1999 | 152 |
| 2004 | 148 |
| 2016 | 148 |
With 141 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Montancy is one of the smallest communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (in 1901 there were still 249 people), a slight population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1990s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Montancy was mainly a village characterized by agriculture (cattle and dairy farming, some arable and fruit growing). 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 community is far away from the major thoroughfares. Both Brémoncourt (on the road from Saint-Hippolyte to Saint-Ursanne ) and Montancy (on the road from Glère to Porrentruy) have a border crossing into Switzerland.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1251-1252.
