Lamoura

Lamoura is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Lamoura lies on 1154 m above sea level. M., and thus one of the highest urban areas in the French Jura, about eight kilometers east of the town of Saint- Claude ( a straight line ). The former village street lines extending high Jura, in a depression on the northeastern edge of the Hautes- Combes, west of the Cret Pela.

The area of 22.28 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The area is located exclusively on the plateau of the Hautes- Combes (on average to 1,150 m above sea level. M. ). The landscape is undulating and shows natural features such as ridges and troughs oriented southwest-northeast direction according to the strike of the Jura Mountains in the area. Most hollows have no surface drainage, as the rain water seeps immediately in the porous limestone substrate. The only above-ground river is the Bief Froid. It rises at the foot of Cret Pela and flows through a wide Synklinaltal, the Combe du Lac, to the southwest. East of the village is the small Lac de Lamoura.

While the plateau in the southwestern community section shows a loose structure of grassland and forest, are found to the northeast extensive forests. The ridge rising to the northeast gradually. Flanked the syncline of Bief Froid on the north side of the Bois de Tresberruy (1244 m above sea level. M. ) and the Bois de Ban ( 1381 m above sea level. M. ), on the south side of the anticline Cret Pela, on with 1495 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Lamoura is achieved. At various points there are typical karst features such as sinkholes and karst fields. In a long strip, the municipality's area extends northeast almost to the border with Switzerland and encompasses a large part of the Forêt du Massacre. The area of Lamoura is part of the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut- Jura.

At Lamoura addition to the actual village also includes various hamlets and numerous individual farms, including:

Tréchaumont (1120 m above sea level. M. ) in a valley southwest of the village
Chaux- Berthod ( 1160 m above sea level. M. ) on the western edge of the Bois de Tresberruy

Neighboring communities of Lamoura are Longchaumois and Prémanon in the north, east and south, and Lajoux Septmoncel and Saint- Claude in the West.

History

The area around Lamoura was cleared in the 11th century by the monks of the monastery of Saint- Claude and reclaimed. For a long time the settlement was inhabited only during the summer months. The Forêt du Massacre east of the village got its name after the successful raid in 1535 by troops of the Duke of Savoy to around 600 Italian mercenaries, who were sent to reinforce the besieged by Savoy city of Geneva from the French king Francis I..

With the separation of Septmoncel Lamoura was collected in 1839 into an independent municipality.

Attractions

The village church of Lamoura was built in the 19th century. The Musée du Lapidary the art of gemstone is shown.

Population

With 541 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Lamoura one of the small towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century ( in 1886 909 people were still counted ), a significant population increase has been recorded since the beginning of the 1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Lamoura was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially livestock and dairy farming, as well as by the forestry 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.

As a resort in a popular tourist area in the High Jura Lamoura now benefiting also from tourism, especially on winter tourism, when cross-country skiing can be operated on the plateau of the Hautes- Combes. The slopes west of the Cret Pela are accessible by ski lifts for alpine skiing. In the Combe du Lac is a modern holiday village was built.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares, yet is within easy reach of Septmoncel and Lajoux on the D936 ( Saint- Claude- Faucille ). Further road links exist with Longchaumois and Les Rousses.

Commune in the department of Jura
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Saint-Claude Cantons of France Postal codes in France France Saint-Claude (Jura) Lajoux, Jura, France Saint-Lupicin Villard-Saint-Sauveur Villard-sur-Bienne

496873