Neuchâtel-Urtière
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbeliard | |
| Canton | Valentigney | |
| Community association | Pays de Montbéliard agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 22 ′ N , 6 ° 44 ′ E | |
| height | 373-828 m | |
| surface | 6.21 km 2 | |
| Residents | 195 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 31 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25150 | |
| INSEE code | 25422 | |
 Mairie Neuchâtel-Urtière |
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Neuchâtel-Urtière is a French municipality with 195 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Neuchâtel-Urtière is located at 415 m , three kilometers west of Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans and about 16 kilometers south-southwest of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends in the basin of a southern side stream of the Ranceuse, at the northern foot of the Lomont range in the northern French Jura .
The area of the 6.21 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by the Neuchâtel basin, which is around 500 m wide and almost 1.5 km long. It is drained by the Dorfbach north to the Ranceuse and thus to the Doubs . The agriculturally used valley basin is surrounded on three sides by steep slopes, which are crowned at their upper edge in various places by a resilient band of limestone. The western boundary of the basin is formed by the Schlossberg, the eastern by the Bois du Plamont , both of which are wooded northern foothills of the Lomont chain. To the south, the community area extends over the horseshoe-shaped end of the valley to the ridge of the Montagne du Lomont in the area of the Mont Solemont summit . From a geological and tectonic point of view, this forms an anticline of the Jura folds and is oriented towards west-east in accordance with the direction of strike of the mountains in the region. At 828 m, the highest point in Neuchâtel-Urtière is reached on the ridge of the Lomont.
With a narrow strip, the municipality floor extends northwards over the approximately 500 m wide valley low of the Ranceuse to the edge of the Table Jura plateau of the Grands Bois (up to 520 m).
The hamlet of La Combe-d'Hyans ( 375 m ) in the Ranceuse valley at the southern foot of the Grands Bois belongs to Neuchâtel-Urtière . Neuchâtel-Urtière's neighboring municipalities are Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans in the east, Villars-sous-Dampjoux , Feule and Solemont in the south and Rémondans-Vaivre in the west.
history
In a strategically well-protected location on two rocky outcrops above the Neuchâtel basin, the Lords of Neuchâtel had their ancestral seat built between 1136 and 1139. The rulership of Neuchâtel (once Neufchâtel) developed into one of the most important rulers in the region in the Middle Ages. After his invasion of Franche-Comté, King Louis XIV ordered the castle to be demolished in order to put down the feudal system. Neuchâtel Castle has been in ruins since 1675. The building materials were taken away and used to build houses and a bridge over the Doubs in the area. Together with Franche-Comté , Neuchâtel came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. In order to avoid confusion with other municipalities of the same name, Neuchâtel was officially renamed Neuchâtel-Urtière in 1961.
Attractions
The ruins of the medieval Neuchâtel castle (12th century) have been preserved: the foundations or the substructure of six towers and other masonry. The Saint-Ursin chapel below a rocky promontory was rebuilt in the 17th century and has rich furnishings, including the altar, the baptismal font and a statue of the village patron Saint-Ursin.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 83 |
| 1968 | 73 |
| 1975 | 66 |
| 1982 | 83 |
| 1990 | 129 |
| 1999 | 149 |
| 2005 | 152 |
| 2016 | 194 |
With 195 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Neuchâtel-Urtière is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range between 55 and 80 people, there has been significant population growth since the mid-1970s. Since then the number of inhabitants has more than doubled.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Neuchâtel-Urtière was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. In addition, there are now some local small 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 located away from the larger thoroughfares. The only access is from the departmental road from Pont-de-Roide to Clerval . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around 14 kilometers away.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 931-932.
