Plancher-les-Mines
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Héricourt-1 | |
| Community association | Rahin et Cherimont | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 46 ′ N , 6 ° 45 ′ E | |
| height | 483-1,215 m | |
| surface | 25.59 km 2 | |
| Residents | 975 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 38 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70290 | |
| INSEE code | 70414 | |
 Town hall Plancher-les-Mines |
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Plancher-les-Mines is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Plancher-les-Mines is located at an altitude of 496 m above sea level, about 17 kilometers north-northwest of the city of Belfort (as the crow flies). The village extends in the far east of the department, in the valley of the Rahin , in the south Vosges between the heights of Belfahy in the west and the Planche des Belles Filles in the east.
The area of the 25.59 km² municipality covers a section of the landscape in the southern Vosges. The main part of the area is taken up by the valley of the Rahin, which is initially cut deeply into the Vosges ridges and only begins to open at Plancher-les-Mines. On its course, the Rahin takes in the streams Gouttes des Saules , Ruisseau du Rossely , Grande Goutte and Goutte des Verrues , whose valleys divide the slopes as erosion channels. The Rahin provides drainage to the Ognon . The entire upper part of the valley is forested.
The municipal boundary runs on both sides of the Rahin Valley on the ridges that extend from the Ballon d'Alsace to the southwest. To the west of the Rahin are the heights of Le Ballon (1057 m) and Plateau de Bravouge (1182 m), to the east of them Mont Médard (827 m), Planche des Belles Filles (1148 m) and Ballon de Saint-Antoine (1140 m) ). In the north, the Tête de la Grande Goutte (1114 m) and the Ballon de Servance , on which the highest point of Plancher-les-Mines is reached at 1215 m, form the watershed between Rahin (catchment area of the Rhône) and the Moselle (catchment area of the Rhine).
From a geological and tectonic point of view, the Rahin valley is filled with alluvions of the Tertiary and Quaternary periods . The heights of the Southern Vosges are predominantly made up of crystalline bedrock. There are rocky outcrops at several locations on the steep slopes, including the Roches des Fées and the Rochers du Laurier . The entire municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
The settlement of Les Roches (550 m) belongs to Plancher-les-Mines, slightly elevated on the eastern edge of the Rahin valley. Neighboring communes of Plancher-les-Mines are Servance-Miellin with the Commune déléguée Miellin , Haut-du-Them-Château-Lambert and Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle in the north, Lepuix and Auxelles-Haut in the east, Plancher-Bas in the south as well as Fresse , Servance and Belfahy to the west.
history
The place name is derived from the French word planche , which translates into German as board, plank, meaning small boardwalk (over a watercourse). In the Middle Ages, Plancher-les-Mines was part of the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . The local rulership was held by the Lure monastery, which had extensive forests here, and the rulership of Passavant (Champagney). The former priory of Saint-Antoine-des-Froides-Montagnes was located in the valley of the Rahin. Together with Franche-Comté , the place finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
For a long time Plancher-les-Mines was a district of Plancher-Bas and was then called Plancher-Haut before it was raised to an independent municipality in the 17th century. The mining of high-quality silver ore is documented as early as 1458. The mining of silver, iron, molybdenum and lead determined the economic life of the place in the 17th and 18th centuries. In addition, two glassworks and a metalworking industry were important. Trades that were dependent on water power (mills, sawmills and tanneries) settled along the Rahin. Today Plancher-les-Mines is a member of the community association Communauté de communes Rahin et Cherimont, which comprises nine localities .
Attractions
The church of Plancher-les-Mines was built in the 19th century in the neo-Gothic style. In the sacristy it houses a silver ciborium (18th century). The Saint-Antoine chapel in the Rahin Valley dates from the 19th century. The Musée de la Fête foraine has an exhibition of fairground items (including traditional carousel models), postcards and music boxes. Numerous buildings date from the second half of the 19th century and the period shortly after 1900, the heyday of the industrial site.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 1,715 |
| 1968 | 1,584 |
| 1975 | 1,452 |
| 1982 | 1,414 |
| 1990 | 1,178 |
| 1999 | 1,064 |
| 2006 | 1,086 |
With 975 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Plancher-les-Mines is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the Haute-Saône department. Plancher-les-Mines reached its highest level in terms of population in 1911 with 2,843 people. Population declines throughout the 20th century.
Economy and Infrastructure
The economic life of Plancher-les-Mines was marked early on by mining, glassworks and the metalworking industry. Thanks to the extensive forests, forestry also has a certain importance. Today there are numerous small and medium-sized businesses in Plancher-les-Mines. The important industries include metal processing (Serero foundry), precision mechanics and wood processing. In the last few decades the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who go to work in the Belfort-Montbéliard agglomeration.
The village is away from the major thoroughfares. The main access is from Plancher-Bas through the Rahin valley. Another road connection is with Mélisey .