Croix (Territoire de Belfort)

Croix is a commune in the French department Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Croix is located at 600 m above sea level, about 14 kilometers southeast of the city of Montbéliard (air line). The former road line village extends into the northern foothills of the Jura Mountains, a scenic location on the Tabular Jura plateau of Croix, near the border with Switzerland.

The area of 5.41 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the northern French Jura. The entire area occupied by the Kalkhochfläche Croix, which is on average 590 m and only very small differences in relief identifies. The plateau is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land, but also shows some forest areas. There are no surface watercourses, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. With each 612 m can be achieved the highest elevations of the community in the forest of Sous les Fontaines at the height of Croix as well. East of the village is the headwaters of the battery ( left tributary of the Allaine ). To the west, the municipality's area extends into the vast forest area of the Forêt Hollard.

Neighboring communities of Croix are Abbévillers and Vandoncourt in the West, Montbouton and Saint- Dizier- l'Évêque in the north, Villars- le -Sec in the northeast and the Swiss towns Bure in the east and in the south Fahy.

History

Is first mentioned Croix in 1232. Those days the church belonged to the monastery Murbach which ceded its ownership in 1274 to the Counts of Montbéliard. Since the beginning of the 14th century the village was Delle under the rule. In the first half of the 14th century Croix came under the suzerainty of the Habsburg dynasty. Together with the Sundgau it came with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the French crown. Since 1793 Croix belonged to the Department of Haut -Rhin. It was sacked in 1815 by the Prussians. In 1871 the village as part of the Territoire de Belfort remained in contrast to the rest of Alsace in France.

Attractions

The church of Saint -Nicolas was rebuilt after a fire in 1971. In the center a few farmhouses are preserved in the characteristic style of the Franche -Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries. Then there are two draw-well of 1772. Built in 1960 water tower in the shape of a cross.

Population

With 163 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Croix is one of the small communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 310 persons were still counted ), a slight population growth was recorded since the early 1980s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Croix was well into the 20th century, a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) embossed 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 do their work in the surrounding larger towns and in the agglomeration Montbéliard.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Abbévillers to Saint - Dizier- l'Évêque. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 15 kilometers. Further road links exist with Montbouton, Villars -le- Sec and Bure.

Municipality in the department of Territoire de Belfort
Place in Franche -Comté

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