Bessoncourt
Besson Court ( formerly German Bisch Ingen ) is a town in the French department of Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Besson Court is located at 358 m above sea level. M., about six kilometers east of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The village is located in the lowlands of the Burgundian Gate, on the plateau between Belfort and the expanded forest area of Bois de Besson Court, to the west of the creek Autruche.
The area of 7.80 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the weakly in relief landscape in the Burgundian Gate ( trouée de Belfort ). The central part of the area is occupied by a plateau, which is on average 360 m. It is mostly covered with arable and meadow land, but also shows some forest areas. The plateau is drained by the Autruche that flows through a more than 500 m wide flood plain to the south. East of the basin, the municipality's area extends into the Bois de Besson Court and comprises the largest part of this vast Grove, which is a recreational area of Belfort. The forest area is divided by two parallel, elongated hills and the intervening broad depression which is traversed by the Madeleine. This ensures the drainage of the area south to Bourbeuse and thus to Allaine.
Neighboring communities of Bessoncourt are Denney and Phaffans in the north, the east Frais, Petit- Croix and Chevremont in the south and in the west Pérouse.
History
Is first mentioned Besson Court in the year 823 under the name Beyssingen. From 1344, the term book Ingen has been handed down. Middle of the 14th century came Besson Court under the suzerainty of the Habsburg dynasty. Especially in 1618, the population had to suffer a plague epidemic. Together with the Sundgau came Besson Court 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 1883 to 1886, the Fort of Besson Court (also Fort de Sénarmont ) was built, which belonged to the mounting ring of Belfort. Since 1997, Besson Court is the administrative seat of the municipal association Communauté de communes du Tilleul.
Attractions
The Church of St. Susanna ( Église Sainte -Suzanne ) built in 1844, with red sandstone was used from the Vosges. Also from the 19th century comes the Lavoir. Located northwest of the village is the fortification Fort de Sénarmont ( 1883-86 ), which served as an ammunition depot in 1914 as a hospital and then for a long time and since 1993 is owned by the municipality.
Population
With 970 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) is one of Besson Court to the smaller communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. After the population had decreased significantly at the beginning of the 20th century (1896, 706 were still counted ), a strong population growth has been recorded since the early 1970s. Since then, the population has more than tripled.
Economy and infrastructure
Besson Court was well into the 20th century, a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Thanks to its convenient location close to the motorway junction has developed since the 1970s, on the western edge an industrial and commercial zone. Here, enterprise information technology, the automotive industry, a highway workshop and a large shopping center have settled, why Besson Court is a Zupendlergemeinde today. In addition, there are various companies in the old center of the small business sector. Many workers are also commuters who do their work in urban Belfort and Montbéliard.
The village has good transport links. It lies on the main road D419 which leads from Belfort to Altkirch. The nearest links to the A36 motorway, which runs through the municipality, is located at a distance of about 1.5 kilometers. Further road links exist with Chevremont, Denney and Phaffans. By bus Besson Court is connected to the town of Belfort.