Bians-les-Usiers

Goux -les- Usiers is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Goux -les- Usiers is located at 732 m above sea level, about nine miles northwest of the town of Pontarlier (air line). The village is located in the Jura, on the southeastern edge of the high plateau of Val d' Usiers, at the foot of the height of the Bois des Raffours.

The area of ​​14:01 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The northwestern part of the area is occupied by the plateau of the Val d' Usiers with the hollow of Goux, which is on average 730 m and is mostly covered by meadows. Across the plateau runs a dry valley, the topographical part of the catchment area of ​​the Loue. Southeast of Goux -les- Usiers forwards the 100 m high step in the terrain of the Bois des Raffours the plateau of La Vrine Pissenavache and over ( at 880 m ). The slope is crowned at different locations in limestone rocks. With 919 m is reached on the summit of Mont Séverin in the Bois des Raffours the highest elevation of Goux -les- Usiers. The south-eastern boundary runs along the foot of the ridge of the Côte du Fol The entire area has no surface watercourses, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground.

For Goux -les- Usiers addition to the actual center also includes two hamlets:

• Vons (740 m) on the plateau of the Val d' Usiers at the foot of Bois des Raffours
• Pissenavache (860 m) in a trough on the high plateau of La Vrine

Neighboring communities of Goux -les- Usiers are Évillers the northwest, Goux -les- Usiers in the northeast, and Vuillecin Dommartin in the southeast and Sombacour in the southwest.

History

Since the 13th century belonged to the rule Bians Usiers. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. Today Goux -les- Usiers is the administrative seat of the comprehensive 11 municipalities municipal association Communauté de communes Altitude 800

Attractions

The village church of Goux -les- Usiers was built in 1843. A chapel stands in the hamlet Pissenavache.

Population

With 571 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Goux -les- Usiers one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1901 555 persons were still counted ), a continuous population growth was recorded since the early 1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Goux -les- Usiers was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially dairy farming and livestock village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises, including a modern cheese factory and a feed mill. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Sombacour after Ouhans. Another road connection with Septfontaines.

Arc- sous- Montenot | Goux -les- Usiers | Boujailles | bull | Chapelle- d'Huin | Courvières | Dompierre- les- Tileuls | Évillers | Frasnian | Goux -les- Usiers | Levier | Septfontaines | Sombacour | Villeneuve -d ' amont | Villers -sous- Chalamont

• Municipality in the department of Doubs
• Place in Franche -Comté