Bretagne (Territoire de Belfort)
Brittany ( formerly German board or Bretten ) is a town in the French department of Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté. She is one of 14 member communities of the Communauté de Communes du Bassin de la Bourbeuse.
Geography
Bretagne is located on 350 m altitude, about twelve kilometers east-southeast of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The village is located in the lowlands of the Burgundian Gate, increased slightly south of the wide valley of the Ruisseau de Saint- Nicolas, in the here Suarcine flows, across from Montreux -Chateau.
The area of 4.67 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the weakly in relief landscape in the Burgundian Gate ( trouée de Belfort ). The northern boundary runs mostly along the Ruisseau de Saint- Nicolas, who winds up with meanders through a wide valley. Below the confluence of the Madeleine, the waters given the name Bourbeuse. In the more than a kilometer wide valley is also the waterways of the Rhine-Rhone canal, the height difference overcomes in Brittany with two locks. From the Bourbeuse or the Ruisseau de Saint -Nicolas, the municipality's area extends to the southeast on the flood plain and a gently rising slope, which is subdivided by several short tributaries, on the adjacent plateau. This averages to 370 m and is covered with arable and meadow land. On the south-east lies the forest Bois de Ragie de la Dame, in the 377 m with the highest elevation of Brittany is achieved. In hollows and valleys, there are several ponds that were created for fish farming.
Neighboring communities of Montreux -Chateau Brittany in the north, and Montreux -Jeune Chavannes -les- Grands in the east, and Vellescot Grosne in the south and Brebotte and Autrechêne in the West.
History
Is first mentioned Brittany in 1365. In the mid -14th century, the village came under the suzerainty of the Habsburg and belonged to this rule Montreux. Together with the Sundgau came Brittany 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.
Population
With 250 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) Brittany is one of the small communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 272 persons were still counted ), a population growth was recorded since the early 1970s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Brittany was well into the 20th century, a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ), fish farming and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Meanwhile, the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the larger towns in the area and in the agglomeration Belfort.
The village is located off the major road links on a secondary road that leads from Delle Fontaine. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about eleven miles. Further road links exist with Brebotte, Grosne and Chavannes -les- Grands.