Montbouton
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Territoire de Belfort | |
| Arrondissement | Belfort | |
| Canton | Dent | |
| Community association | South Territoire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 28 ' N , 6 ° 55' E | |
| height | 420-583 m | |
| surface | 2.81 km 2 | |
| Residents | 405 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 144 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 90500 | |
| INSEE code | 90070 | |
Montbouton (German earlier Munpetun ) is a commune in the department Territoire de Belfort in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Montbouton is 520 m above sea level, about ten kilometers east-southeast of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The former street row village extends in the northern foothills of the Jura , in a panoramic position on the western slope of the high plateau of the Grammont, near the border with Switzerland .
The area of the 2.81 km² municipal area covers a section of the northern French Jura. The western part of the area is taken up by the relatively gently sloping slope of Montbouton. This is bounded in the north by the Combe valley cut , which opens to the Dasle basin. To the southeast, the community area extends to the Tafeljura plateau of Grammont (579 m) and Mont Novel (572 m), which is mainly made up of arable and meadow land. There are no surface rivers here because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. At 583 m, the highest point in Montbouton is reached on the Croix plateau. The eastern boundary runs in a dry valley that belongs to the upper catchment area of the Feschotte .
The Cité du Val (440 m) workers' settlement in the Combe basin belongs to Montbouton . Neighboring municipalities of Montbouton are Dasle and Beaucourt in the north, Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque in the east, Croix in the south and Vandoncourt in the west.
history
Montbouton is first mentioned in a document in 1303 under the name Munpetun . From that time on, Montbouton formed a parish. Since the beginning of the 14th century, the village was under the rule of Delle . In the first half of the 14th century Montbouton came under the sovereignty of the Habsburgs. During the Thirty Years War the village was almost completely destroyed. Together with the Sundgau , it came to the French crown with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Since 1793 Montbouton belonged to the department of Haut-Rhin , but remained in 1871 as part of the Territoire de Belfort, unlike the rest of Alsace, in France.
Attractions
The Saint-Léger church was rebuilt in 1714 and extensively restored in 1860. In the center of the village there are some farmhouses in the characteristic style of Franche-Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries.
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Montbouton
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Residents | 402 | 405 | 396 | 376 | 427 | 438 | 431 |
With 405 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Montbouton is one of the small communities in the Territoire de Belfort department. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (in 1896 there were still 523 people counted), since the beginning of the 1960s only minor fluctuations have been recorded.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Montbouton was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding). In addition, there are now some local small businesses. In the meantime, the village has turned into a residential community thanks to its attractive location. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the Montbéliard agglomeration.
The village is located away from the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Dasle to Saint-Dizier-l'Évêque. The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around ten kilometers away. Other road connections exist with Vandoncourt and Beaucourt.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Territoire de Belfort. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-037-X , pp. 33-34.
