Chaux-Neuve

Chaux -Neuve is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Chaux -Neuve is located at 991 m above sea level, about 31 km southwest of the town of Pontarlier (air line). The village is located in the Jura, in the wide longitudinal trough of the Val de Mouthe on Cébriot, between the heights of the Haute Joux in the northwest and the Risoux in the south, near the border with Switzerland.

The area of 28.31 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The landscape is characterized by parallel ridges and terrain longitudinal troughs, which are oriented in the southwest-northeast, according to the strike of the Jura Mountains in the region. The central part of the area is occupied by a roughly two -mile-wide longitudinal recess which forms a synclinorium in geological- tectonic terms. The area is drained by the Cébriot northeast to Doubs. In the area of Chaux -Neuve, the trough on several bogs and individual marsh pond.

On its north-west side of the longitudinal recess Chaux -Neuve is flanked by the predominantly forested heights of the Haute Joux. In the Bois de la Cote de la Haute Joux, a northeastern foothills of Mont Croz a height of 1202 m is reached. To the south, the municipality's area on the north-eastern foothills of the Mont Noir extends ( to 1190 m) in the rough, densely forested area of Risoux in which alternating crests and troughs Karst. There are no surface watercourses, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. With 1384 m is reached at a summit of the Grand Risoux the highest elevation of Chaux -Neuve.

To Chaux -Neuve addition to the actual place includes several hamlets and numerous individual farms, including:

Le Lernier (1006 m ) in a valley south of the village
Le Cernois ( 1114 m) in a valley between Mont Noir and the Risoux

Neighboring communities of Chaux -Neuve Chapelle -des- Bois are in the south, Châtelblanc in the West, Arsure- Arsurette and Le Crouzet in the north, Petite- Chaux and Mouthe in the East as well as the Swiss town of Le Chenit in the southeast.

History

The area was uninhabited until the 13th century, belonged to the Abbot of Saint -Claude. From this it received the lords of Chalon- Arlay as a fief and left the castle of Châtelblanc build. In the 14th century Chaux -Neuve were granted certain liberties in order to encourage settlement of the area. Chaux -Neuve now belonged to Kastlanei Châtelblanc. It was since the mid-15th century parish seat during Châtelblanc formed the center with the castle. 1516 the territory was divided between the two communities. Together with the Franche -Comté came Chaux -Neuve with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. Today Chaux -Neuve is a member of the comprehensive 13 villages municipal association Communauté de communes des Hauts du Doubs.

Attractions

The village church was given its present form in 1607 by developing the first chapel of the 15th century; further alterations were made in the year 1684th The church has a rich interior, including a sculptural group of St. Joseph with the baby Jesus from the 17th century.

Population

With 273 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Chaux -Neuve is one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 527 persons were still counted ), a slight population growth was recorded since the early 1980s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Chaux -Neuve was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially dairy farming and animal husbandry, as well as by the forestry village. In the moorland peat was cut earlier. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises, including mechanical workshops. Some employed persons are also commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

As a resort in a popular tourist area in the High Jura Chaux -Neuve is now benefiting also from tourism. The community is both on summer tourism (hiking, cycling ) and also aligned on winter tourism ( skiing). Chaux -Neuve has a ski jump, ski lift, ski trails, and a park for Polar dogs. Chaux -Neuve is a regular venue for a World Cup Nordic Combined.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares of the secondary road D437, which runs from Saint -Laurent -en- Grandvaux to Pontarlier. Further road links exist with Le Crouzet and via Chapelle -des- Bois with Morez.

Municipality in the department of Doubs
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Pontarlier Cantons of France Postal codes in France Doubs (river) Chapelle-des-Bois Petite-Chaux Saint-Claude (Jura) FIS Nordic Combined World Cup Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux Bonnevaux (Doubs) Brey-et-Maison-du-Bois Saint-Antoine (Doubs)

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