ArgiÃ©sans

Argiésans is a town in the French department of Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Argiésans is located on 349 m, about five kilometers southwest of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The village is located in the Burgundy gate, in a wide opening to the west of the Valley of Savoureuse and their side Douce River, between the heights of Grand Bois and Bois du Mont in the south to the west.

The area of 2.73 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 occupied by the valley of Argiésans, which is an average of 350 meters and has a width of 1.5 km. It is used as arable and meadow land for agricultural purposes. For drainage east to Douce (tributary of Savoureuse ) of the village stream Rupt, which rises in Trou Gavoillot provides. To the east of the municipality floor extends to the waters of the Douce. Flanked the valley of Argiésans of wooded heights: In the southeast of the Fays (390 m ) in the west of the Bois du Mont, on the 440 m, the highest elevation of Argiésans is achieved, and in the north of the hill of Bavilliers (up to 382 m).

Neighboring communities of Argiésans are Bavilliers in the north, and Andelnans Botans in the east, Doran and Banvillars in the south and Urcerey in the West.

History

Is first mentioned Argiésans in 1024. It was the capital of the Bas- dairy Rosemont, which belonged to the rule Rosemont. First, standing in the sphere of influence of the Lords of Montbeliard, Argiésans reached the mid 14th century 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 Argiésans 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. Since 2000 Argiésans is part of the municipal association Communauté d' AgglomÃ Belfortaine.

Population

With 406 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Argiésans one of the small communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the area of 110-150 people, a strong population growth has been recorded since the early 1970s. Since then the population has quadrupled.

Economy and infrastructure

Argiésans was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) embossed village. Since the mid- 1980s has been on the municipal boundary with Bavilliers a larger commercial and industrial zone developed. Here, various construction companies, cleaning offices and an agrochemical laboratory have settled. There are also some farms in the old center of the local small business sector. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the other municipalities of the agglomeration Belfort and Montbéliard.

The village has good transport links. It lies on the main road N83, which runs from Belfort to Héricourt. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about five kilometers. Further road links exist with Banvillars and Urcerey. With the city of Belfort Argiésans is connected by a bus.

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

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