Communailles-en-Montagne

Communailles -en- Montagne is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Communailles -en- Montagne is located at 848 m above sea level. M., approximately 16 km east-northeast of the city Champagnole (air line). The farming village extends in the Jura, on the verge of the vast plateau that connects east to the Val de Mièges, above the little valley of the Ruisseau du Martinet.

The area of ​​4.01 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The northern part of the area is occupied by a plateau, the average 860 meters above sea level. M. lies. It has only very small differences in relief and is mostly covered by meadows and pastures. South of the village is the valley of the Ruisseau du Martinet, which flows along the western boundary of the municipality in the Serpentine (inflow of Ain). With 880 m above sea level. M. is at Petit- Villard reached near the highest point of Communailles -en- Montagne on the eastern edge community.

To Communailles -en- Montagne is one of the hamlet Boucherans ( 800 m above sea level. M. ) on the Ruisseau du Martinet. Neighboring communities of Communailles -en- Montagne are Censeau and Bief -du- Fourg in the north, the south and Mignovillard Molpré in the West.

History

Is first mentioned Communailles in 1275th The place name derives from the Old French word meaning comunaille as much as common grazing land. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the rule Nozeroy. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. In the 18th century Communailles was hard hit by a great fire hit. To a field change occurred in 1813, when the previously independent Boucherans was incorporated into Communailles. 1916, the community was officially renamed Communailles -en- Montagne.

Population

With 42 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Communailles -en- Montagne is one of the smallest towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 135 people were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1970s.

Economy and infrastructure

Communailles -en- Montagne was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially dairy farming and livestock 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 located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Nozeroy after Frasnian. Further road links exist with Censeau and Bonnevaux.

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
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