Bavilliers

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

Geography

Bavilliers is located on 355 m above the sea, about three kilometers southwest of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The second largest agglomeration community of Belfort extends in the hills west of Belfort, on either side of Douce, which also occurs here in a broad valley, on the eastern edge of the ridge of the Côte.

The area of 4.80 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the gently undulating landscape in the western part of the Burgundian Gate ( trouée de Belfort ). The southern part of the area occupied by the valley of the Douce, which is an average of 350 meters and has a width of approximately one kilometer. In this valley the Douce enters from the northwest, where it flows through a limestone plateau is countersunk into the valley. In this valley, a part of the water seeps in Trou de la lady to occur after about 150 m running track in the village again evident. The Douce drains the area to the southeast to Savoureuse and thus to Allan. She is accompanied by the waterway of the Canal de la Haute -Saône, a side branch of the Rhine- Rhone Canal.

East of the Douce enough the community area on the plateau ( 375 m ), which leads on to the pool of Belfort, and to the edge of the forest area Grand Bois. To the west of the municipality extends over a ground gently rising slope on the passed in part with arable and meadow land, partly with forest broad back of the Côte. Here the highest elevation of Bavilliers is achieved with 433 m.

Neighboring communities of Bavilliers are Essert and Belfort in the north, Danjoutin in the east, and Andelnans Argiésans in the south and Urcerey in the West.

History

The territory of Bavilliers was settled very early. During excavations a mosaic and numerous brick fragments were discovered from Gallo-Roman times. Is first mentioned Bavilliers in 1140 under the name Basvyllis. The name came originally from the Latin ( Bassis Villis ) and means about as much as lower, deeper situated village / homestead. From a later time, the terms and Baveler Basvelier come.

First, standing in the sphere of influence of the Lords of Montbeliard, came Bavilliers mid-14th century under the suzerainty of the Habsburg and belonged to the rule Belfort. Together with the Sundgau came the village with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 to the French crown. Since 1793 Bavilliers 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 1973 Bavilliers part of the agglomeration Belfort (now community association Communauté d' AgglomÃ Belfortaine ).

Attractions

The church of Saint -Ambroise was built from 1846 to 1850, replacing the late medieval church on the present cemetery grounds. From the former seat of power are only a few remnants still visible. From the 19th century the reign seats Château du Chênois and Château de la Charmeuse come. As a recreational area for the Parc du Belfort Chênois serves. The Trou de la Dame ( percolation point in the Douce ) is one of the natural attractions of the village.

Church of Saint- Ambroise in Bavilliers

Population

With 4889 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Bavilliers one of the largest municipalities in the department of Territoire de Belfort. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the area of 1400-1700 people, a strong population growth has been recorded since the early 1950s, with the largest growth rates 1968-1975 and performed again in the 1980s. Since 1950, the population has tripled. The settlement area of Bavilliers has grown together seamlessly with those of Belfort and Essert.

Economy and infrastructure

Bavilliers until the 20th century, a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) embossed village. In the course of time developed on the border with Belfort and at the southern end commercial and industrial zones. Today in the town of numerous plants of small and medium industries are resident, while the precision engineering, electrical industry, transport and construction, food processing, the distribution of pharmaceutical products, advertising and a factory that garage doors manufactures, form the most important industries. Furthermore, there are many shops of retail for your everyday needs. Many workers are also commuters who do their work in the other municipalities of the agglomeration Belfort and Montbéliard. Bavilliers is home to two Collèges and a vocational school and a psychiatric hospital.

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 two kilometers. With Belfort Bavilliers is connected by two bus lines. The main railway station of Belfort on the route from Mulhouse to Montbéliard or to Vesoul and Paris is within easy reach.

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

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