Chamole

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

Geography

Chamole is located on 545 m above sea level. M., above Poligny, about 23 km northeast of the town of Lons -le- Saunier (air line). The village is located in the Jura, in the western part of the plateau Caledonia (first Jura plateau ), north of the valley of Vaux ( Culée de Vaux ).

The area of ​​5.78 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. Almost the entire area occupied by the level of the plateau Caledonia, the average at 560 m above sea level. M. is and is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land, partly by forest. With 603 m above sea level. M. is achieved the highest elevation of Chamole here. The plateau has no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. The southwestern boundary runs along the top edge of the partly crossed by rock walls escarpment ( Roche du Penitent ) surrounding the deeply cut valley of Vaux. In contrast, the western border is located about halfway up the steep slope, which leads on to the plains of Dole. In the east and north- east, the municipality area extends to the edge of the vast forest areas of Forêt de Poligny and Bois de Buvilly.

Neighboring communities of Chamole are Poligny in the west, north and east and Chaussenans in the south.

History

The territory of Chamole was already inhabited during the Gallo- Roman period. First mentioned is the place in the 13th century. In June 1638 defeated Duke Charles of Lorraine, who commanded the Spanish troops, the French Army under Henri II d' Orleans, Duke of Longueville. Together with the Franche -Comté Chamole came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.

Attractions

The village of Saint-Jacques church was built in 1834. From the 16th century the chapel of Saint -Jacques comes. In the other are a stone wayside cross (13th century), to mention the remains of the old chapel and a manor house with staircase turret.

Population

With 171 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Chamole one of the small towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 213 persons were still counted ), a slight population growth was recorded since the early 1990s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Chamole 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. The main access is from Poligny. Further road links exist with Buvilly and Chaussenans.