Besain

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

Geography

Besain is located on 530 m above sea level. M., about 22 km northeast of the town of Lons -le- Saunier (air line). The farming village extends in the Jura, in a wide clearing in the central part of the plateau Caledonia (first Jura plateau ), between the erosion valley of Culée de Vaux in the west and the crest of the Côte de l' Today in the East.

The area of ​​12.84 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The main part of the territory occupied by the level of the plateau Caledonia, the average at 530 m above sea level. M. is and is passed partly of arable and meadow land, partly by forest. South of the village is the Bois du Chaumoy, north of the Bois de Besain and the Forêt des Moidons. The western boundary runs along the Forêt de Poligny. The plateau has no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. To the east, the municipality's area extends over a relatively steep slope down to the wooded crest of the Côte de l' Today, which separates the plateau from the eastern Ain Valley. On the ridge is 640 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Besain.

Neighboring communities of Besain are Molain in the north, and Montrond Crotenay in the east, the south and Picarreau Poligny in the West.

History

Is first mentioned Besain already in 1069th Since the 12th century a church is occupied. In the 14th century Besain was granted certain liberties. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.

Attractions

The present village church of Besain was rebuilt in the 19th century.

Population

With 153 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Besain one of the small towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 341 persons were still counted ), a slight population growth was recorded since the early 1980s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Besain was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture and forestry village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Picarreau after Montrond. Further road links exist with Molain and Poligny.

Abergement- le -Petit | Aumont | Barretaine | Bersaillin | Besain | Biefmorin | Bonnefontaine | Brainans | Buvilly | Chamole | Champrougier | Le Chateley | Chaussenans | Chemenot | Colonne | Fay -en- Montagne | Grozon | Miéry | Molain | Montholier | Neuvilley | Oussières | Picarreau | Plasne | Poligny | Tour Mont | Vaux- sur- Poligny | Villers -les -Bois

• Commune in the department of Jura
• Place in Franche -Comté