Les Combes
Les Combes is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Les Combes is on 913 m, 5 km west of Morteau and about 23 km northeast of the town of Pontarlier (air line). The scattered settlement municipality extends in the Jura, on a plateau north of the Taleinschnitts of the Doubs, east of the plateau of Gilley.
The area of 17.58 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by a weakly in relief plateau, which is on average 900 m. It shows a loose structure of meadow and woodland and has no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. In the East, this plateau is bounded by a broad ridge, which reaches out from Mont Tantillon to the southwest. On the lined with pastures crest of Mont Rognon is with 1031 m the highest elevation reached by Les Combes. This ridge falls steeply to the south Doubs Valley. The Doubs flows here with spiral running through the Défilé du Coin de la Roche, a ravine-like section, although mostly flat Talniederung but which is flanked on both sides by striking Kalkfelswänden. Most runs along the southern boundary of the Doubs, only a small portion on the south side on the northern slope of Mont de Grand'Combe also part of Les Combes.
The scattered settlement community consists of several hamlets and numerous hamlets, including:
- La Motte ( 913 m) on a hill of the plateau of Les Combes
- Le Bas de la Motte ( 893 m ) in a valley at the western foot of Mont Tantillon
- La Combe d' Abondance ( 885 m) on the plateau of Les Combes
- Mont Bobillier ( 1007 m) on the ridge north of the Doubstals
- Colombière ( 800 m ) on a headland on the northern slope of the valley of the Doubs
- Remonot ( 764 m ) in a valley widening south of the Doubs
Neighboring municipalities of Les Combes are Four -Luisans in the north, Morteau in the east, Grand'Combe- Châteleu and Ville -du -Pont in the south and La Longeville and Gilley in the West.
Attractions
Churches from the 19th century are situated in the districts Colombière and La Motte. Also worth seeing is the cave church of Remonot is the 1110 writing signed mention in a document found by Hugues de Cluny in which it will be conveyed to the monks of Rémonot. The chapel Notre- Dame-de- Remonot with their wooden statue Vierge de Pitié ( 15th century ), which is a pilgrimage destination for a long time. In the various hamlets numerous farmhouses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved in the traditional style of the Haut-Doubs.
Population
With 732 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Les Combes 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 (1881 652 persons were still counted ), a continuous population growth was recorded since the early 1980s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Les Combes 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. Many workers are also commuters who engage in the surrounding larger towns of their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Morteau by Gilley. Further road links exist with Montbenoît and Orchamps -Vennes.