Villard-Saint-Sauveur
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | law | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Claude | |
| Canton | Saint-Lupicine | |
| Community association | Haut-Jura Saint-Claude | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 22 ′ N , 5 ° 52 ′ E | |
| height | 410–1,089 m | |
| surface | 9.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 618 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 68 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 39200 | |
| INSEE code | 39560 | |
Villard-Saint-Sauveur is a commune in the French department of Jura in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Villard-Saint-Sauveur is located at 559 m , about 3 km south of the city of Saint-Claude (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in the deeply cut valley of the Tacon, between the heights of Mont Chabot in the west and the Hautes-Combes in the southeast.
The area of the 9.09 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The area is traversed from southwest to northeast by the Tacon , which feeds its water to the Bienne . The valley, which is a maximum of 2 km wide at its upper edge, is sunk like a canyon into the high plateaus of the Hautes-Combes and is more than 500 m deep. The upper valley slopes are very steep and are criss-crossed by ledges (resistant limestone layer). Below Villard-Saint-Sauveur, the Tacon takes on the Flumen from the right and flows from now on through a roughly 200 m wide, flat valley depression.
In the west, the community area extends to the adjacent heights of Mont Chabot ( 905 m ) and Crêt de Surmontant ( 1055 m ). East of the Tacon, the municipal area extends to the edge of the high plateaus of the Hautes-Combes, on which the highest point of Villard-Saint-Sauveur is reached at 1089 m . The lowest section of the Gorges du Flumen with the side valley of the Bief des Parres and the western slope of the height Sur les Grés also belong to the municipality. The municipality is part of the Upper Jura Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura ).
In addition to the actual village, Villard-Saint-Sauveur also includes various villages and hamlets, including:
- Le Martinet ( 430 m ) at the confluence of the Tacon and Flumen
- L'Essard ( 460 m ) on the eastern slope of the Tacon valley at the entrance to the Gorges du Flumen
- Montbrilland ( 556 m ) at the lower entrance to the Gorges du Flumen
- Pré-Martinet ( 495 m ) on the southern slope of the Tacon valley
- Maréchet ( 570 m ) on a leveled area on the southern slope of Mont Chabot
- La Pérouse ( 680 m ) on the western slope of the Tacon valley
Neighboring municipalities of Villard-Saint-Sauveur are
- Saint-Claude to the west and north,
- Septmoncel les Molunes with Septmoncel and Les Molunes in the east,
- Les Moussières , Coyrière and Coiserette to the south.
history
Stray finds indicate that the area of Villard-Saint-Sauveur was already populated during Roman times. Since the 13th century, Villard-Saint-Sauveur formed its own rule. In the 16th century paper mills settled along Tacon and Flumen. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Territory changes occurred in 1821 with the incorporation of La Pérouse and in 1822 when L'Essard, Maret-Maréchet and Pré-Martinet were incorporated. All these localities previously formed independent communities.
Attractions
The village church was built in the 17th century on the site of the hermitage of Saint-Sauveur; the bell tower dates from the 18th century. A tower from the 16th century has been preserved from the former castle.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 426 |
| 1968 | 388 |
| 1975 | 423 |
| 1982 | 547 |
| 1990 | 588 |
| 1999 | 655 |
| 2006 | 649 |
With 618 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Villard-Saint-Sauveur is one of the small communities in the Jura department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (634 people were counted in 1926), there has been significant population growth again since the beginning of the 1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Villard-Saint-Sauveur was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture , especially cattle and dairy farming, and forestry. In the 19th century, industries that were dependent on water power, including sawmills and mills, settled along the Tacon. Today there is a plastics processing company as well as a few 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.
The village is located away from the larger thoroughfares. The main access is from Saint-Claude. There are other road connections with Saint-Germain-de-Joux , Lajoux and Coiserette.
