Pérouse, Territoire de Belfort
Pérouse ( formerly German pepper Oberhausen) is a town in the French department of Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Pérouse is located at 368 m above sea level, about three kilometers east of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The village is in the hilly land in the northern section of the Burgundian Gate, east of the Valley of Savoureuse in a depression in the headwaters of Trovaivre.
The area of 4.90 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the gently undulating countryside in the Burgundian Gate ( trouée de Belfort ). The central part of the area is occupied by a trough in the springs of Trovaivre. This stream provides the drainage east to Bourbeuse and thus to Allaine. Is flanked this broad trough in the south, west and north of partly under arable and meadow land, partly with forest -covered hills, which culminate 380-440 m. To the south, the forest height Ragie au Bailly, in the southwest of the tip with the Fort des Hautes Perches ( with 443 m the highest elevation of Pérouse ) and north of the Bois des Fourches and just outside the church floor, the Fort de la Justice of Belfort.
Neighboring communities of Pérouse Denney are in the north, Besson Court and Chevremont in the east, and Vézelois Danjoutin Belfort in the south and the west.
History
Is first mentioned Pérouse in the 11th century under the name Pfetterhausen and Pheterhausen. First, the control of the Lords of Montbéliard standing, the village mid-14th century came under the suzerainty of the Habsburg dynasty. It belonged to the rule Belfort. By Swedish troops Pérouse in 1630 was almost completely destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and was then probably not inhabited long time. Together with the Sundgau Pérouse came with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the French crown.
Since 1793, the village belonged to the Department of Haut -Rhin, however, remained in 1871 as part of the Territoire de Belfort as opposed to the rest of Alsace in France. At the siege of Belfort by the Austrians (1815 ) and by the Prussians (1871 ) Pérouse was devastated again. By a fire in 1871, the municipal archives were destroyed. From the mid- 80s of the 19th century, the fort of the Hautes- Perches was built, which formed part of the fastening ring to Belfort. Since 1973 Pérouse part of the agglomeration Belfort (now community association Communauté d' Agglomà Belfortaine ).
Attractions
The Matthew Church ( Église Saint -Mathieu ) was newly built in the 18th century and rebuilt in the 19th century after damage on both occasions. From the 19th century, the Lavoir comes.
Population
With 1112 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Pérouse is one of the smaller communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. After the population had always located at the beginning of the 20th century in the range between 500 and 580 people, a significant population growth has been recorded since the early 1970s. Today, the settlement area of Pérouse is almost completely conjoined with that of Belfort.
Economy and infrastructure
Pérouse was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) embossed village. Thanks to its convenient location close to the motorway junction has developed since the 1970s on the outskirts an industrial and commercial zone in which settled mainly companies in the construction and transportation industries. In addition, there are various companies in the old center of the small business sector. Many workers are also commuters who do their work in urban Belfort and Montbéliard.
The village has good transport links. It lies on the main road D419 which leads from Belfort to Altkirch. The nearest links to the A36 motorway, which runs through the municipality, is located at a distance of approximately one kilometer. Further road links exist with Chevremont and Vézelois. By bus Pérouse is connected to the town of Belfort.