Pont-de-Poitte
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Lons-le-Saunier | |
| Canton | Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux | |
| Community association | Pays des Lacs | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 35 ' N , 5 ° 42' E | |
| height | 425-570 m | |
| surface | 7.02 km 2 | |
| Residents | 647 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 92 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 39130 | |
| INSEE code | 39435 | |
Pont-de-Poitte is a commune in the French department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Pont-de-Poitte is 442 m , about 15 km southeast of the city of Lons-le-Saunier (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in the valley of the Combe d'Ain, west of the course of the Ain opposite Patornay , at the northern end of the Lac de Vouglans reservoir .
The area of the 7.02 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The eastern border runs along the Ain, which flows here from a wide, flat floodplain into a valley sunk around 60 m into the surrounding plateaus and is dammed up by the Vouglans dam to form a long lake. At the northernmost end near Pont-de-Poitte, this lake is hardly wider than the former river bed. In the area of the village, the Ruisseau des Bourbouillons flows into the Ain from the west . From the Ain and the Lac de Vouglans, the municipal area extends westward over an approximately 50 m high slope onto the adjacent Poitte plateau, which is flanked in the west by a foothill of the Bois de Provenchère . At 570 m, the highest point of Pont-de-Poitte is reached at the wooded height .
In addition to the actual village, Pont-de-Poitte also includes several hamlets and individual farms, including:
- Poitte ( 470 m ) on the plateau west of Lac de Vouglans
- Blaisnay ( 460 m ) on the plateau on the Ruisseau des Bourbouillons
Neighboring municipalities of Pont-de-Poitte are Mesnois in the west and north, Patornay and Boissia in the east and Barésia-sur-l'Ain and Largillay-Marsonnay in the south.
history
The municipality of Pont-de-Poitte was already settled in Gallo-Roman times. The church of Poitte was first mentioned in the 11th century. A priory, which was dependent on Gigny, had existed here since the 13th century. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. The area changed in 1815 when the previously independent Blaisnay was incorporated into Poitte. Located on an old traffic route with a bridge over the Ain, the bridge settlement Pont-de-Poitte developed much faster than the hamlet of Poitte. That is why the municipality of Poitte was officially renamed Pont-de-Poitte in 1887.
Attractions
The village church of Poitte, the oldest church in the parish, shows Gothic styles. The church of Pont-de-Poitte dates from the 19th century. An old stone bridge leads over the Ain. Of the secular structures, two modern mansions, the Château de la Saisse and the Château de Blaisnay, should be mentioned.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 576 |
| 1968 | 583 |
| 1975 | 592 |
| 1982 | 657 |
| 1990 | 638 |
| 1999 | 582 |
| 2004 | 619 |
With 647 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Pont-de-Poitte is one of the small communities in the Jura department. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (723 people were still counted in 1911), only minor fluctuations have been recorded since the early 1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Pont-de-Poitte was a predominantly agricultural village. In the 18th and 19th centuries, several blacksmiths set up shop along the Ain. There are also some small and medium-sized businesses today, including a plastics processing company and a button factory. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main road N78, which leads from Lons-le-Saunier to Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux . Other road connections exist with Orgelet , Largillay-Marsonnay and Blye .
