Censeau

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

Geography

Censeau is located at 830 m above sea level. M., about 14 km northeast of the city Champagnole (air line). The scattered village extends in the Jura, on the vast plateau that connects north to the Val de Mièges, in the headwaters of the Serpentine.

The area of 9.86 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The entire area is occupied by a plateau, the average 840 meters above sea level. M. lies. It has only very small differences in relief and is mostly covered by meadows and pastures. The plateau has no significant above-ground rivers. In some wells, which are sealed by marl and clay layers, however, were able to develop high moors. To the north, the municipality's area extends over the plateau up to the forest Bois de la Ville, in the 882 m above sea level. M. the highest elevation of Censeau is achieved. South of the Serpentine Censeau springs, flowing through a valley first southward and then westward through the Val de Mièges to Ain.

To Censeau addition to the actual site also includes several hamlets and isolated farms, including:

Le Magasin ( 842 m above sea level. M. ) on a cross road on the plateau
Grangettes (820 m above sea level. M. ) in the dale of the Serpentine

Neighboring communities of Censeau are Cuvier and Courvières in the north, Bief -du- Fourg in the east, Communailles -en- Montagne, Molpré and Mièges in the south and Esserval -Combe and Esserval - Tartre in the West.

History

Is first mentioned in the 14th century Censeau. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the rule Nozeroy. Together with the Franche -Comté it came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. To a field change occurred in 1813, when the previously independent Grangettes was incorporated into Censeau.

Attractions

The village church of Censeau was inaugurated in 1749. It has a bell tower with onion dome (1804 completed ), a pulpit in the Louis XV style and a marble altar.

Population

With 312 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Censeau one of the small towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1891 603 persons were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the mid- 1970s.

Economy and infrastructure

Censeau has long been an embossed by agriculture, especially livestock and dairy farming village. In addition, there are now a number of companies of small businesses, including each a company of eyewear industry and the construction industry. Many workers are also commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village is traffic- technically quite well developed. It is located near the main road D471 which leads from Champagnole to Pontarlier. Further road links exist with Andelot -en- Montagne, Levier, Labergement -Saint -Marie and Nozeroy.

Commune in the department of Jura
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Lons-le-Saunier Cantons of France Postal codes in France Ain (river) Cuvier (Jura) Bief-du-Fourg Esserval-Combe Esserval-Tartre Andelot-en-Montagne Conte (Jura)

172280