Dambelin

Dambelin is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté. The community was called from 1972 to 1995 for a church merger Mambelin.

Geography

Dambelin is located on 422 m, 8 km west of Pont -de- Roide and approximately 18 km south-southwest of the town of Montbéliard (air line). The village is located in a wide valley basin in the headwaters of the Ranceuse, at the northern foot of the Lomont in the northern French Jura.

The area of ​​12:43 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The main part of the area occupied by the basin of Dambelin, which has a width of about 2 km and a length of about 3 km. It forms the headwaters of the Ranceuse, which provides for drainage east to the Doubs. On three sides the agricultural basin is surrounded by steep hills, crowned at its upper edge at different locations of a resistant Kalkfelsband. In the north, the Tabular Jura plateau of Goux -les- Dambelin is ( to 560 m ) in the west runs a narrow, wooded ridge separating the basin from that of Hyémondans. A saddle ( 480 m) to the west passes through the basin of Hyémondans. To the south, the municipality's area covers over a densely wooded hillside to the crest of the Montagne du Lomont. This forms in geological- tectonic ways a anticline Jura Mountains and is oriented according to the strike of the mountain range in the region in the direction west-east. With 815 m is reached on the crest of Lomont the highest elevation of Dambelin.

To Dambelin the hamlet Mambouhans (460 m) in the western part of the valley basin belongs at the foot of Lomont. Neighboring communities of Dambelin are Goux -les- Dambelin in the north, Rémondans -Vaivre in the east, Solemont, Valonne and Vyt -lès- Belvoir in the south and Hyémondans in the West.

History

The Valley of Ranceuse was probably made ​​and settled first cultivated in the 7th or 8th century. In the Middle Ages Dambelin belonged to the rule Neuchâtel. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. To a field change occurred in 1972, when the communities Dambelin and Mambouhans merged. The new church was initially the name of art Mambelin, but this was changed by decree on 6 November 1995 in Dambelin again.

Attractions

Today's single-nave church of Saint- Desle -et- Bénigne with side chapels was rebuilt in 1726 on the site of a previous medieval building. It has a rich interior, including an altar from the 18th century and a statue of Saint -Jean -Baptiste (probably from the 15th century). In the old town several farmhouses are preserved in the characteristic style of the Franche -Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Population

With 484 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Dambelin one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (1886 443 persons were still counted ), a population growth was recorded particularly during the 1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Dambelin until well into the 20th century was a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed 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 therefore commuters who do their work in the larger towns in the area and agglomeration in Montbéliard.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road, leading from Pont -de- Roide after Clerval. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 15 km. Further road links exist with Goux -les- Dambelin and Rémondans.