Petitmagny

Petit Magny ( formerly Kleinmenglatt German ) is a town in the French department of Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Petit Magny is located on 481 m above sea level, about ten kilometers north- northeast of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The village is located in a hilly area in the southern foothills of the Vosges, in the hollow of the right side of Bach's Madeleine, at the southern foot of the Fayé.

The area of 2.20 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the area of the Vosges foothills. The area is drained by the village brook east to Madeleine. It is used for agriculture and partly by arable and meadow land, sometimes there are larger areas of forest. To the north, the municipality's area extends up the predominantly forested slopes of Fayé. On its southern flank of the highest elevation of Petit Magny is achieved with 880 m.

Neighboring communities of Petit Magny are Étueffont the east and south, and Grosmagny in the West.

History

Is first mentioned Petit Magny in 1417th It belonged to rule Rosemont. Middle of the 14th century came the area of Petit Magny under the suzerainty of the Habsburg dynasty. Together with the Sundgau came the village with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the French crown. Since 1793 it 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. Today Petit Magny is affiliated with 13 other municipalities for municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays Sous- Vosgien. Ecclesiastically, the village belongs to the parish Étueffont.

Population

With 279 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Petit Magny one of the small communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century ( in 1896 249 people were still counted ), a strong population growth has been recorded since the early 1970s again. Since then, the population has nearly tripled.

Economy and infrastructure

Petit Magny was well into the 20th century, a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Meanwhile, the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are also commuters who do their work in the larger towns in the area and in the agglomeration Belfort.

The village has good transport links. It is located on a secondary road that leads from Giromagny along the Vogesenfuß after Étueffont. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about ten kilometers.

Municipality in the department of Territoire de Belfort
Place in Franche -Comté

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