Bermont
Bermont is a town in the French department of Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Bermont is at 362 m above sea level, about seven kilometers south of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The village is located in the Burgundy gate, slightly elevated on a plateau west of the broad valley of the Savoureuse opposite Sevenans, on Nordostfuß of Bois d' Oye.
The area of 2.74 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the gently undulating countryside in the Burgundian Gate ( trouée de Belfort ). The eastern border is in the midst of about a kilometer wide valley of Savoureuse which flows south and provides drainage for Allan. In the valley there is also the waterway of the Canal de la Haute -Saône, a side branch of the Rhine- Rhone Canal.
From the valley floor, which is on average 340 m, the community area extends westward to the plateau of Bermont. This is in the north of the hill of Bois des Camouchots, flanked to the south-west of the Bois d' Oye. At the height of the Fort du Bois d' Oye with 433 m is reached the highest elevation of Bermont. With a narrow edge of the municipality floor extends further to the west in the extensive Grove of the Bois de Châtenois. The area around the Fort du Bois d' Oye belongs to a military area.
Neighboring communities of Bermont are Doran and Sevenans in the north, Trévenans in the east, Châtenois -les -Forges in the south and Brevilliers in the West.
History
The first mention in writing Bermont in 1147 under the name Belle Monte in a deed of the priory Lanthenans. First, standing in the sphere of influence of the Lords of Montbeliard, Bermont reached the mid 14th century under the suzerainty of the Habsburg dynasty. At the height of the Bois d' Oye Oye, there was the village, which was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War in 1633 by Swedish troops and was abandoned because of it. Together with the Sundgau Bermont came with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the French crown. Since 1793, the village 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. From the mid- 70s of the 19th century, the Fort du Bois d' Oye was built, part of the mounting ring of Belfort. Since 1998 Bermont is part of the municipal association Communauté d' Agglomà Belfortaine.
Attractions
The Church of St. Lawrence ( Saint -Laurent ) from the 19th century stands on a hill overlooking the valley of Savoureuse. This part of the choir and the polygonal apse of the Romanesque church are preserved. From 1841 comes the Chapel of Notre -Dame du Chêne. Additional points of interest include houses from the Renaissance period as well as the bridge of the Canal de la Haute -Saône on the Savoureuse.
- Church of St. Lawrence
- West side
- Interior
- Altar
- Organ
Population
With 360 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Bermont is one of the small communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. After the population had been in the first half of the 20th century, mostly in the range between 90 and 130 people, a strong population growth has been recorded since the early 1970s. Since then, the population has nearly tripled.
Economy and infrastructure
Bermont was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) embossed village. In addition, there are now several companies of local small businesses. Meanwhile, the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in urban Belfort and Montbéliard.
The village has good transport links. It is located near the main road that leads from Belfort to Montbeliard. The nearest links to the A36 motorway, which runs through the municipality, is located at a distance of approximately one kilometer. With Belfort Bermont is connected by a bus.