Vannoz

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

Geography

Vannoz is located on 593 m above sea level. M., about 4 km north of the city Champagnole. The scattered village extends in the Jura, on a plateau at the northern foot of the Angillon of Mont Rivel and west of the heights of the Forêt de la face.

The area of 5.75 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by a plateau at 600 m above sea level on average. M. is and is passed from arable and meadow land. To the west, the municipality's area extends to the Angillon which drains the area to the southwest of Ain. The southern border of the plateau forms the Mont Rivel, an isolated mountain, whose forested northern slope ( Bois de Bry ) belongs to the municipality. With 800 m above sea level. M. is achieved at Mont Rivel the highest elevation of Vannoz.

Neighboring communities of Vannoz are Le Pasquier and Saint- Germain -en- Montagne in the north, Équevillon in the east, the south and Champagnole Ardon in the West.

History

The territory of Vannoz was already inhabited during the Gallo- Roman period. Is first mentioned in the 12th century Vannoz. The name came originally from the Gallic word vanno, which means as much as slope, summit. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the rule Montrivel. Together with the Franche -Comté Vannoz came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.

Attractions

The village church on the central square of the town was built in the 19th century. From the 17th century the seat of power, which now serves as a home for the elderly comes from.

Population

With 238 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Vannoz one of the small towns in the Jura. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the range of approximately 140 people, a slight increase in population was recorded since the early 1960s.

Economy and infrastructure

Vannoz was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming 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 commuters who principally engaged in the larger towns of the environment in Champagnole their work.

The village is traffic- technically quite well developed. It is easily accessible from the main road N5, which runs from Geneva via Champagnole to Dole. Further road links exist with Équevillon and Saint- Germain -en- Montagne.

Commune in the department of Jura
Place in Franche -Comté

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