Dammartin-les-Templiers

Dammartin -les- Templars is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Dammartin -les- Templars is 415 m, 19 km east-northeast of the city of Besançon ( straight line ). The village is located in the Jura, on a slight hill on the so-called first plateau, a broad basin at the southern foot of the Jura - edge chain ( Cote ).

The area of 9.91 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the wide first Jura plateau. 400 m above sea level on average M. lies. It forms a wide basin with no surface runoff and has various karst phenomena such as the percolation point in Fay and the Chasm du Seu. In the area of Dammartin the plateau is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land. To the east of the municipality of soil ranges in the forest areas of the Bois de Seu and the Forêt de l' Aiguillon. In the far east the slightly deepened in the little valley of the plateau Audeux forms the boundary.

To the north, the municipality's area extends to the long and wooded ridges of the Jura - edge chain ( Cote ). This ridge separates the plateau from the north adjacent Doubs Valley and is oriented southwest-northeast direction. Here is 570 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Dammartin -les- Templars.

Neighboring communities of Dammartin -les- Templars are Ougney - Douvot in the north, Bretigney -Notre -Dame and Aïssey in the east, the south and Glamondans Champlive in the West.

History

Since the early 13th century was Dammartin site of a Templar Coming, which was dependent of Besançon. Also in Fay (2 km south of the village ) was a Templar branch, which was abandoned before 1373. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. To avoid confusion with other municipalities of the same name Dammartin in 1922 officially renamed Dammartin -les- Templars.

Attractions

The present church was built by Dammartin 1742. Get in the Chapel Notre- Dame de Fay. The village is characterized by different farmhouses in the characteristic style of the Franche -Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Population

With 204 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Dammartin -les- Templars 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 (1881 395 persons were still counted ), a continuous population growth was recorded since the early 1980s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Dammartin -les- Templars was well into the 20th century, 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 commuters who engage in the agglomeration Besançon their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Nancray by Baume- les -Dames. Another road connection with Glamondans.

Municipality in the department of Doubs
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Cantons of France Postal codes in France Doubs (river) Bretigney-Notre-Dame Baume-les-Dames Le Puy (Doubs) Osse (Doubs) Saint-Hilaire (Doubs) Vauchamps (Doubs)

214017