Blye
Blye is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Blye is at 476 m above sea level. M., approximately 13 km east-southeast of the town of Lons -le- Saunier (air line). The farming village extends in the Jura, in the Valley of the Combe d' Ain, west of the river of the Ain, at the southern foot of the Mont Grand Lyon.
The area of 10.76 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The eastern boundary runs along the Ain, which here flows in a broad, flat alluvial plain from north to south and east of the village is dammed by a weir to generate electricity. From the river, the municipality's area extends westward across the plain of the Combe d' Ain ( on average 460 m above sea level. M. ) to the adjacent forested chain of the Côte de l' Today (from 580 m above sea level. M. ). The isolated elevation of the Bois du Grand Lyon Mont north of the village belongs to the municipality. Here is 590 m above sea level. M. reached the highest point of Blye.
Neighboring communities of Blye are Verges and Châtillon in the north, Charézier in the east, the south and Mesnois Publy in the West.
History
Various finds from the Bronze Age, were discovered in 1955 during construction of the weir at the Ain, occupy a very early settlement of the municipality of Blye. From the same time a tumulus.
Is first mentioned Blye in the year 1111. Since the Middle Ages Blye formed a fixed patch that in 1303 certain freedom rights were granted. Together with the Franche -Comté Blye came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. Due to a major fire in 1802 large parts of the town were destroyed.
Attractions
Originally built in the 13th century, the village church dates with its Romanesque barrel vault. The church was restored in the 15th century and remodeled; the bell tower was built in the 18th century.
Population
With 157 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Blye is one of the smallest towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 293 persons were still counted ), only relatively small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1960s.
Economy and infrastructure
Blye was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Many workers are also 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 Pont -de- Poitte Châtillon. Another road connection with Publy.
Blye | Briod | Chatillon | Conliège | Courbette | Crançot | Mirebel | Montaigu | Nogna | Pannessières | Perrigny | Poids -de- Fiole | Publy | Revigny | Saint -Maur | Verges | Vevy
- Commune in the department of Jura
- Place in Franche -Comté