Vaux-et-Chantegrue
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Frasne | |
| Community association | Plateau de Frasne et du Val du Drugeon | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 49 ′ N , 6 ° 15 ′ E | |
| height | 858-1,074 m | |
| surface | 13.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 585 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 42 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25160 | |
| INSEE code | 25592 | |
 La Pyramide water reservoir in front of the Notre-Dame de la Nativité church |
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Vaux-et-Chantegrue is a French municipality with 585 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Vaux-et-Chantegrue lies at 873 m above sea level, about 13 kilometers southwest of the city of Pontarlier (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in the Haut-Doubs, in a valley basin on the upper Drugeon before it enters the Cluse des Oïes , at the southern foot of the Montagne du Laveron .
The area of the 13.98 km² municipal area covers a section of the French Jura. The central part of the area is taken up by the wide, in the middle moored valley basin of Vaux, which lies at 860 m and is fed by the source streams of the Drugeon. In the north, the parish soil extends to the hill of the Montagne du Laveron. The upper part of the Cluse des Oïes also belongs to the municipality. This Klustal , which is now drained by the Drugeon, was created by the former course of the Doubs. The community area extends to the southwest into the dry valley of the Combe Noire in the area of the Haute Joux chain. It is flanked on both sides by densely wooded ridges: Bois du Châlet , Bois de la Haute Joux and Bois de Chargebin , on which the highest point of Vaux-et-Chantegrue is reached at 1074 m.
The double community consists of the two districts of Vaux ( 874 m ) on the Drugeon and Chantegrue ( 880 m ) in the southwest of the Vaux valley basin. Neighboring municipalities of Vaux-et-Chantegrue are Bouverans and La Planée in the north, Malpas and Labergement-Sainte-Marie in the east, Remoray-Boujeons in the south and Mignovillard and Bonnevaux in the west.
history
Vaux was first mentioned in writing in 1126 in a document from Humbert III, Lord of Salins. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Since the time of the French Revolution , Vaux and Chantegrue formed a double community. In 1973 Vaux-et-Chantegrue and Malpas merged to form the new municipality of Vaux-et-Chantegrue-Malpas. However, this merged community only existed for eleven years until Malpas was separated again in 1984 and has since formed an independent community. Vaux-et-Chantegrue has been a member of the Plateau de Frasne et du Val du Drugeon municipal association since 2013 .
Attractions
The village church of Notre-Dame de la Nativité dates from the 16th century and has a Gothic Flamboyant- style nave and a statue of the Blessed Virgin (14th century). In front of the parish hall is the 13 m high pyramid of the so-called Château d'eau (water reservoir), built in 1857. In Vaux and Chantegrue some farmhouses in the traditional style of the Haut-Doubs from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved. The Musée Félix Gresset in Chantegrue (works of art made from tree roots) is worth a visit.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 452 |
| 1968 | 441 |
| 1975 | 394 |
| 1982 | 410 |
| 1990 | 490 |
| 1999 | 503 |
| 2006 | 550 |
| 2016 | 565 |
With 585 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Vaux-et-Chantegrue is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range of around 350 people, there has been significant population growth since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Vaux-et-Chantegrue was primarily a village characterized by agriculture, in particular dairy and cattle breeding, as well as forestry. In addition, there are now some local small businesses, including in the wood processing industry. 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 off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Labergement-Sainte-Marie to Frasne . Other road connections exist with La Planée, Malpas and Remoray-Boujeons. Vaux-et-Chantegrue has a train station on the Frasne- Vallorbe railway line , which opened in 1915.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 829-830.
