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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Lons-le-Saunier | |
| Canton | Moirans-en-Montagne | |
| Community association | Region d'Orgelet | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 31 ' N , 5 ° 37' E | |
| height | 374-653 m | |
| surface | 23.11 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,596 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 69 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 39270 | |
| INSEE code | 39397 | |
| Website | www.orgelet.com | |
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Orgelet is a French commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the canton of Moirans-en-Montagne in the arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier .
geography
Orgelet is located in the French Jura around three kilometers west of Lac de Vouglans at the foot of the 672 meter high Mont Orgier. Ten kilometers to the north is the capital of the Jura department, and just under 50 kilometers to the southwest is Bourg-en-Bresse . The municipality has an exclave between Onoz and Lac de Vouglans.
history
Orgelet was founded in the 13th century by the Counts of Chalon . The city was first mentioned in documents in 1227. John I of Chalon made Orgelet the capital of his county and the legal center of the region. The seat of judicial institutions brought the place modest wealth. In 1267, he granted the city's count the right to collect his own taxes and had a city council chosen from four consuls. In 1292 Johann I built a hospital. In 1342 his son Johann II founded a mint.
Between 1349 and 1362 the plague raged in the region around Orgelet and also depopulated the city.
Tristan, a son of Johann II. Expanded the city and fortified it. From 1790 to 1795 Orgelet was the capital of the district of the same name.
In 1901 the city was connected to the railway network.
Attractions
Notre-Dame church dates from the 13th to 17th centuries. A chapel was built on the site of today's church in 1275 and was integrated into the fortifications. In the middle of the 15th century a new church was built, which was destroyed in a fire in 1606. Then the church was built in its current form. In 1658 the tower was completed and got its bell. The organ, which dates from the 17th century, is particularly worth seeing inside. The fortified church has a main nave 46 meters long and 15 meters high, which is divided by a 32 meter long transept.
Parish partnership
Personalities
- Pierre François Xavier Bouchard (1772–1822), French officer, discoverer of the Rosetta stone
Individual evidence
- ^ The Medieval History of Orgelet , accessed September 12, 2011
