Pretin
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Dole | |
| Canton | Arbois | |
| Community association | Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Cœur du Jura | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 56 ' N , 5 ° 50' E | |
| height | 346-631 m | |
| surface | 5.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 61 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 39110 | |
| INSEE code | 39444 | |
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Pretin is a commune in the French department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Pretin is located at 366 m , west of Salins-les-Bains and about 31 km southeast of the city of Dole (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in a closed valley basin on the Vache brook, at the foot of the heights of the first Jura plateau.
The area of the 5.44 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by the Pretin basin, which has a diameter of around one kilometer. It is drained by the brook Vache , which enters the basin from the east, to the northwest to the Furieuse . The basin is flanked in the west by Mont Begon , on which the highest elevation of Pretin is reached at 631 m , in the north by the Château ( 620 m ), in the east by the height of Fort Saint-André and in the south by the plateau of the Jura plateau which is mainly covered by forest here ( Bois du Chaumois ; up to 620 m ).
Neighboring communities of Pretin are Aiglepierre , Marnoz and Salins-les-Bains in the north, Bracon in the east, Ivory and Mesnay in the south and Arbois in the west.
history
Various finds, including Greek ceramic fragments, indicate that the Pretin parish was already inhabited in prehistoric times and during the Gallo-Roman period. There was an oppidum on the hill of Château during the Iron Age .
In the 9th century, the Notre-Dame de Château-sur-Salins priory was founded, initially dependent on the Abbey of Gigny and later on the Saint-Maurice chapter and destroyed in the course of the French Revolution . Together with Franche-Comté , Pretin came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
Attractions
The village church of Pretin was built in the 19th century. The pulpit and a statue from the 13th century come from the former priory church.
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1962 | 122 |
| 1968 | 111 |
| 1975 | 88 |
| 1982 | 68 |
| 1990 | 61 |
| 1999 | 66 |
With 61 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Pretin is one of the smallest communities in the Jura department. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (180 people were still counted in 1891), only minor fluctuations have been recorded since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Pretin was a village dominated by agriculture 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 commuters who work in the larger towns in the area, especially in Salins-les-Bains.
The village is located off the main thoroughfares on a local road that leads from Marnoz to Bracon.
