Abbévillers

Abbévillers is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Abbévillers is located at 575 m, about 13 km southeast of the town of Montbéliard (air line). The village is located in the northern Jura, on the vast plateau of the Jura plateau east of Taleinschnitts of England, near the border with Switzerland.

The area of ​​11.18 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the northern French Jura. The main part of the territory occupied by the slightly corrugated board Jura plateau, consisting of Sequan and Kimmeridgekalken, which is on average 560-580 m. Some hills extend to just over 600 m, including Sur le Seux, La Craye and Les Hautes Bornes, which is the highest elevation of Abbévillers with 612 m. The plateau is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land, but also shows some forest areas. There are no surface watercourses, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. To the east the plateau merges into the high plateau of Fahy ( Switzerland ).

In the peripheral areas has Abbévillers proportion of erosion valleys that lead down to the surrounding valley systems. To the southeast, the municipality's area extends into the wooded section of Combotte Roussot that is with its side valleys incised (including the Combe aux Enfers ) nearly 100 meters into the plateau. The southern boundary runs in the karst source of Doue that supplies their water the Gland.

To Abbévillers addition to the actual site also includes the hamlet of La Chaifferie ( 569 m ) at the edge of the plateau of Fahy and several farms and individual farms. Neighboring communities of Abbévillers are Glay and Meslières the southwest, Hérimoncourt in the West, Vandoncourt in the north, Croix in the northeast and the Swiss towns Fahy in the east and Grand Fontaine in the south.

History

The first mention of Abbévillers was in 1140 under the name Alber Villers. Over time, the spelling on Alber Villars ( 1147 ), Albrechzviler (1300), Azberveler ( 1306), Aubeveler (1331 ), Abeviler ( 1443 ) and Abel Vill (1480 ) transformed to the present name.

Since the Middle Ages belonged Abbévillers a local noble family that owned a castle here and acted as vassals of the Counts of Montbéliard. About the Men of Rocourt, Rieschach and Wandelincourt came Abbévillers 1579 direct influence of the Counts of Montbéliard. In the following period the village was heavily drawn upon incidence of the Guises ( 1587 ) and the Thirty Years War affected. With the annexation of the county of Montbeliard the village came in 1793 final in French hands. In the 19th century settled in Abbévillers a file factory and a brick on, but always remained predominantly agricultural village. Today Abbévillers belongs to the Association of Municipalities of the Communauté de communes des Balcons du Lomont.

Attractions

The church was rebuilt in 1851 by Abbévillers in the place of worship dating back to the 17th century. From 1877 comes the Mairie ( Municipal House ).

Population

With 1082 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Abbévillers one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased slightly in the first half of the 20th century (1901 485 persons were still counted ), a striking population growth has been recorded since the early 1960s. Since then, the population has nearly tripled.

Economy and infrastructure

Abbévillers was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Meanwhile, the village has changed thanks to its attractive location into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the agglomeration Montbéliard.

The village has good transport links. It lies on the main road D34, which runs from Audi Court to Porrentruy. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 14 km. Further road links exist with Croix, Montbouton and Meslières.