Verrières-de-Joux
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Pontarlier | |
| Community association | Grand Pontarlier | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 54 ' N , 6 ° 27' E | |
| height | 890-1,204 m | |
| surface | 10.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 450 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 44 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25300 | |
| INSEE code | 25609 | |
Verrières-de-Joux is a French municipality with 450 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Doubs department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Verrières-de-Joux is located at 908 m above sea level, about eight kilometers east of the city of Pontarlier (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in the valley of the Vallon des Verrières on the Ruisseau de la Morte, at the southern foot of the Montagne du Larmont , in the immediate vicinity of the border with Switzerland .
The area of the 10.15 km² municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by the Vallon des Verrières, an approximately 1 km wide valley, which is oriented towards the southwest-northeast according to the direction of the fold of the Jura in this region. From a geological and tectonic point of view, it forms a syncline . The valley is drained by the Ruisseau de la Morte to the southwest to the Doubs . The Vallon des Verrières is flanked on its north side by the Montagne du Larmont. To the south, the community area extends over a wooded slope on the wide ridge of Mont des Verrières . The highest point of Verrières-de-Joux is reached here at 1207 m. While the lowland largely consists of meadow land, the plateaus show a loose structure of pasture land and forest.
Verrières-de-Joux includes the hamlet of Bugny ( 925 m ) on the border with Switzerland, Le Bourgeau on the southern side of the valley and numerous farm groups and individual farms that are widely scattered on the Jura heights. Neighboring municipalities of Verrières-de-Joux are Les Fourgs in the south, La Cluse-et-Mijoux in the west, Pontarlier in the north and the Swiss municipalities of Les Verrières and La Côte-aux-Fées in the east.
history
Verrières is mentioned for the first time in 1153. The village has belonged to the Joux domain since the Middle Ages . Together with the Franche-Comté , Verrières-de-Joux came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. At Verrières-de-Joux, after the signing of an internment treaty, the Bourbaki army, defeated in the Franco-Prussian War , crossed the border into Switzerland on February 1, 1871 . This event is shown on the Bourbaki panorama in Lucerne .
Attractions
The parish church of Saint-Sébastien was built in 1756.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 440 |
| 1968 | 417 |
| 1975 | 389 |
| 1982 | 375 |
| 1990 | 396 |
| 1999 | 355 |
| 2006 | 420 |
| 2016 | 435 |
With 450 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Verrières-de-Joux is one of the small communes of the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (703 people were still counted in 1891), a further decline was also recorded in the second half. Since the turn of the millennium, the number of inhabitants has shown a rising trend again.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Verrières-de-Joux was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture, especially dairy and cattle breeding, as well as forestry. In addition, there are now some small and medium-sized businesses, including in the metal and wood processing industries. 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 D67b, which leads from Pontarlier through the Vallon des Verrières to Neuchâtel . The municipality is crossed by the Pontarlier – Neuchâtel railway line; however, the former train station was closed.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1003-1004.
