Sainte-Suzanne (Doubs)
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbeliard | |
| Canton | Montbeliard | |
| Community association | Pays de Montbéliard agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 30 ' N , 6 ° 46' E | |
| height | 310-405 m | |
| surface | 1.59 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,510 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 950 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25630 | |
| INSEE code | 25526 | |
| Website | http://sainte-suzanne-doubs.fr/ | |
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Sainte-Suzanne is a French commune with 1,510 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Sainte-Suzanne is located at 318 m , about two kilometers west of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends on the western edge of the basin of Montbéliard in the valley of the Allan north of the Doubstal , on the northern edge of the extreme ridges of the Jura .
The area of the 1.59 km² municipal area includes a section of the Allantal. The eastern border runs along the Allan, which draws a sharp curve here and changes its direction of flow from west to south. The waterway of the Rhine-Rhône Canal and an industrial canal are located in the flat valley floor, which is approximately one kilometer wide . From the course of the river, the community area extends westward over the floodplain and a steep 50 to 80 m high slope to the adjacent plateau of the Bois Georges , on which the highest elevation of Sainte-Suzanne is reached at 405 m.
The neighboring municipalities of Sainte-Suzanne are Montbéliard in the north, Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard in the east, Bart in the south and Dung and Allondans in the west.
history
Remains of vases, pieces of jewelry and coin finds indicate that the area of Sainte-Suzanne was settled in the Gallo-Roman period. The origin of the place goes back to the Carolingian times, when a monk from the Abbey of Luxeuil founded the Sainte-Suzanne chapel near a cave. In addition, the village of the same name developed over time. Sainte-Suzanne has belonged to the county of Montbéliard since the Middle Ages . With the occupation of this county in 1793, the village finally came into French hands.
As early as the middle of the 18th century, Sainte-Suzanne developed into a location for industry and commerce. Industrialization began with the establishment of a cotton and indigenous factory. The village experienced a further boom in the 19th century, when Auguste l'Épée's music box factory started operations in 1839. It was the only one of its kind in France and exported music boxes all over the world until it closed in 1996. In 1852, Édouard Sahler founded a modern spinning mill, and in 1880 a weaving mill was added. The spinning mill was taken over by Edmond Courant in 1895 and operated under the name Courant-Sahler & Cie until 1955. further. Shortly after 1902 a foundry was founded that is still in operation today. Today, Sainte-Suzanne belongs to the Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération municipal association .
Attractions
The Lutheran church of Sainte-Suzanne (le Temple) stands on the site of the Carolingian chapel with the patronage of Sainte-Suzanne and was built from 1745 to 1747. It is one of the twenty churches that were rebuilt or renovated on behalf of Duke Karl Eugen during his long reign. It has rich furnishings from the 17th and 18th centuries , some of which were taken over from the previous building .
The natural attractions include the cave below a steep rock face and the associated spring (set as a well).
population
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1508 | 1429 | 1448 | 1296 | 1246 | 1349 | 1444 | 1533 |
With 1,510 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Sainte-Suzanne is one of the smaller communities in the Doubs department. After a slow but continuous population increase has been recorded since the beginning of the 20th century (940 people were counted in 1901), the previous high of just over 1500 inhabitants was reached at the beginning of the 1960s. This was followed by a decrease in the number of inhabitants by around 17% until 1990. Since then, an upward trend has been observed again. Today the settlement area of Sainte-Suzanne has grown together with those of Montbéliard, Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard and Bart.
Economy and Infrastructure
Sainte-Suzanne has been an industrial and commercial community since the early 18th century. Today, the FWF steel foundry, part of the Aciéries et Fonderies de l'Est group, and SA Grandjean, which specializes in micromechanics, boiler construction and sheet metal processing, are among the most important employers in Sainte-Suzanne. There are also numerous retail stores. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the Montbéliard agglomeration.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main road N463, which leads from Montbéliard to L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs and on to Besançon . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around six kilometers away. Other road connections exist with Dung, Allondans and Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 728-729.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See "Sainte Suzanne: le temple", on: Les temples ou églises luthériennes de France - [Recherche alphabétique: S] (section 'Historique'), accessed on January 23, 2016.
- ↑ Georges-Frédéric Goguel, Précis historique de la Réformation et des églises protestantes dans l'ancien comté de Montbéliard et ses dépendances , Paris: Marc-Aurel frères, 1841, p. 148.