Charency
Charency is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Charency is located at 762 meters above sea level. M., about seven kilometers east-northeast of the city Champagnole (air line). The farming village extends in the Jura, on a gently sloping hillside to the east on the plateau north of the valley basin of the Val de Sirod, which is drained by the upper Ain.
The area of 2.73 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The central part of the area occupied by the plateau of Charency, the average at 760 m above sea level. M. is and is mainly passed with arable and meadow land. With 804 m above sea level. M. is achieved at the height southwest of the village is the highest elevation of Charency. The plateau is flanked on three sides by valleys, which also mark the boundary of the municipality. In the north and west, the valley of the Ruisseau de Peuly is (tributary of Loudaine ), to the east the valley of the Ruisseau de Combe Sandon, which flows below Charency in the Ain.
Neighboring communities of Charency are Mournans - Charbonny the west and north, the east, and Doye Conte, Sirod and Lent in the south.
History
Some findings indicate that the municipality of Charency was already inhabited in Gallo- Roman times. Since the 13th century Charency formed its own little rule. The documents in 1294 mentioned castle was built in 1477 by troops of King Louis XI. destroyed. Together with the Franche -Comté Charency came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.
Attractions
The village church of Charency was built in the 18th century and underwent a transformation in the 19th century.
Population
With 57 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Charency one of the smallest towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1911 120 people were still counted ), a slight increase in population was recorded since the early 1990s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Charency was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially livestock and dairy farming village. Even today, the inhabitants live on the merits of the activity in the first sector. Outside of the primary sector, there are few jobs in the village. Some employed persons are also commuters who engage in the surrounding larger towns 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 Lent and Doye.
Arsure- Arsurette | Bief -du- Fourg | Billecul | Censeau | Cerniébaud | Charency | Communailles -en- Montagne | Conte | Cuvier | Doye | Esserval -Combe | Esserval - Tartre | La Favière | Fraroz | Gillois | La Latette | Longcochon | Mièges | Mignovillard | Molpré | Mournans - Charbonny | Nozeroy | Onglières | Plénise | Plénisette | Rix
- Commune in the department of Jura
- Place in Franche -Comté