Belmont, Haute-Saône

Belmont is a town in the French department of Haute- Saône in the Franche-Comté region.

Geography

Belmont is located at an altitude of 376 m above sea level, 10 km east-southeast of Luxeuil -les- Bains and about 32 km northeast of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in the northeastern part of the department, in the western foothills of the Vosges, on the Plateau des Mille Étangs.

The area of ​​4.50 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the plateau landscape on the western edge of the Vosges. The area occupied by a plateau, which belongs to the Plateau des Mille Étangs. The existing part of crystalline bedrock, partly from the lower Triassic sandstone plateau was formed by glaciers during the ice ages. The landscape is therefore divided into peaks and troughs. It shows a loose structure of pastures and woodlands, heaths and moors. In hollows are often times in small lakes, mostly natural origin and are formed during the Ice Age by glaciers grinding. Some ponds have been created by the monks since the 11th century for fish farming or jammed up. The largest pond on the church floor are the Etang Pierre Masson, of the Etang longues Noyes and the Etang Grosdot. The area is drained by the Lanterne, which marks the eastern boundary with its approximately 500 m wide flood plain. With 417 m is reached on a knoll in the far north is the highest elevation of Belmont. To the south, the municipality's area extends into the forest area of ​​the Bois de la Branle. The entire municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges.

At Belmont include the hamlet of Les Voies de la Branle ( 368 m ) and some homesteads. Neighboring communities of Belmont are La corbière and Les Fessey in the north, La Lanterne -et -les- Armonts in the east, and Lantenot Rignovelle in the south and Magnivray in the West.

History

Is first documented Belmont in 1228. During the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. The local government had held the Lords of Faucogney. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the place with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Today, Belmont is a member of the comprehensive 12 villages municipal association Communauté de communes de la Haute Vallée de l' Ognon.

Attractions

The village church of Belmont was built in the 19th century. It houses a crucifix and a painting of St. Nicholas (18th century) and frescoes in the choir room from the 19th century. The Mairie - Lavoir, a water basin, which is let into the building of the municipality, was built around 1840 and is now classified as a monument historique.

Population

With 108 inhabitants (2007 ) Belmont is one of the small towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 313 persons were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the mid- 1970s.

Economy and infrastructure

Belmont is still a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ), forestry and fish farming embossed village. Outside of the primary sector, there are few jobs in town. Some employed persons are therefore commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village is situated away from the larger passage axes on a secondary road that leads from Froideconche after Écromagny. Further road links exist with Les Fessey, Magnivray, Rignovelle and Lantenot.