La Chenalotte

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

Geography

La Chenalotte is located on 934 m, 8 km northeast of Morteau and about 11 km west of the town of La Chaux -de-Fonds (air line). The village is located in the Jura, in the southwest of the plateaus of Maîche, at the northern foot of the ridge of the Combe du Plane north of Doubstals.

The area of ​​4.88 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the plateau of Maîche, which is on average 930 m. It is mainly composed of meadow and pasture land, but also shows some small areas of forest. In the north, the boundary runs along the Ruisseau des Seignes, a stream that trickles away after a short distance through a marshy lowlands again in the karst underground. To the south, the municipality area extends to the height of Combe du Plane. Here it is with 1092 m reaches the highest elevation of La Chenalotte. The ridge which separates the plateau from Maîche Doubs Valley, forms in geological- tectonic ways a anticlinal folds of the Jura and is in accordance with the strike of the mountains in this region in the southwest-northeast -oriented.

Neighboring communities of La Chenalotte are Le Bizot and Narbief in the north, Le Barboux in the east, Villers -le- Lac in the south and Noël- Cerneux in the West.

By January 1, 2009 there was a change in the membership of the district municipality. So far, belonging to the district Montbeliard, all municipalities in the canton came to the district Pontarlier.

Attractions

The Village Church of La Chenalotte was built in the 17th century. In the old town several farmhouses dating from the 18th century are preserved in the characteristic style of the Haut- Doubs.

Population

With 430 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) La Chenalotte is one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 200 people were still counted ), a striking population growth was recorded since the mid-1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

La Chenalotte was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture ( livestock and dairy farming ) embossed village. In addition, there are now several companies of local small businesses. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who engage in the surrounding larger towns of their work.

The village has good transport links. It lies on the main road D437 which leads from Montbéliard to Morteau. Another road connection with Le Barboux.