Anjoutey

Anjoutey (Eng. earlier Anschatingen ) is a town in the French department of Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Anjoutey is located on 403 m above sea level. M., about nine miles north- northeast of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The former village street lines extending in the wide valley of the Madeleine in the southern foothills of the Vosges, between the hills of the Forêt de Roppe the west and the Châtelet in the east. It is located in the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges.

The area of ​​7.69 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the area of ​​the Vosges foothills. The central part of the area is traversed in a north-south direction from the nearly two -mile-wide valley of the Madeleine. This drains the area to the south and occurs south of the village in the plateau on the northern edge of the Burgundian gate out. The average valley lying at 400 m is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land.

To the west, the municipality's area extends in the hilly area of the Forêt de Roppe with Mont ( 463 m) and the Bois la Dame ( 497 m). Further to the west follows the headwaters of the Autruche, a side river of the Madeleine. A part of the site is designated as a military firing range. East of the valley of the Madeleine ranges of communal land in the forest area of ​​the Châtelet, where the Ruisseau de Bourg springs. On the ridge is 505 m reaches the highest point of Anjoutey.

Neighboring communities of Anjoutey are Étueffont and Rougemont -le- Château in the north, Romagny -sous- Rougemont, Bourg -sous- Châtelet and Saint- Germain- le- Châtelet on the east, Bethonvilliers, Eguenigue and Roppe the south and Éloie and Grosmagny in the West.

History

Is first mentioned Anjoutey in the year 1234. It belonged first to rule Rougemont, but then came in the influence area of ​​the rule Rosemont. Middle of the 14th century came Anjoutey under the suzerainty of the Habsburg dynasty. Together with the Sundgau came the village with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the French crown. Since 1793 it belonged to the Department of Haut -Rhin, however, remained in 1871 as part of the Territoire de Belfort as opposed to the rest of Alsace in France. In the course of the 19th century Commercial settled along the Madeleine down, which was dependent on the hydro power: a mill and several weaving and spinning mills. In the fall of 1913 Anjoutey was connected by a narrow gauge railway line, which ran from Belfort, Les Errues after Étueffont, to the French railway network. After the Second World War, the company was set, however. Today Anjoutey is affiliated with 13 other municipalities for municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays Sous- Vosgien.

Attractions

The church of Saint - Vendelin was built in 1774 and has a remarkable interior.

Population

With 666 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Anjoutey one of the small communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1906 641 persons were still counted ), a continuous population growth was recorded since the early 1980s again. Since then, the population has almost doubled.

Economy and infrastructure

Anjoutey has long been a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ), fish farming and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are now some operations of small businesses. Meanwhile, the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are also commuters who engage in urban Belfort and Mulhouse their work.

The village has good transport links. It is located on a secondary road that leads from Les Errues after Étueffont. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about six kilometers. Another road connection with Saint- Germain- le- Châtelet.

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