Deluz

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

Geography

Deluz is located on 262 m, about 15 km east-northeast of the city of Besançon ( straight line ). The village is located in the Doubs Valley on the right the north side of the river, in the extreme north- western ridges of the Jura, between the Montagne Notre-Dame d' Aigremont in the north and Côte du Mont in the south.

The area of ​​8.03 km ² municipal area comprises a portion of Doubstals. The Doubs flows here with several turns by a usually around 500 m wide, flat alluvial plain to the west and is accompanied by the Rhine - Rhone canal. The valley is deeply incised between two mountain ranges of the system of law - edge chain, which form anticlines in geological- tectonic terms. Due to the erosive power of the river parts of these anticlines were worn, so steep, crowned by rocky walls slopes emerged. In the north of the Doubs Valley is from the wooded ridge of the Montagne Notre-Dame d' Aigremont flanked ( to 490 m). To the north of the municipality sufficient ground to the longitudinal recess of Les Longeaux. To the south, the municipality's area covers over a steep forest slope to the crest of the Côte du Mont, which separates the valley from the adjacent first Jura plateau. With 581 m is achieved at the height of the highest point of Côte Deluz.

To Deluz the hamlet of Les Longeaux Dessus (320 m) is in the longitudinal trough at the northern foot of the Montagne Notre-Dame d' Aigremont. Neighboring communities of Deluz are Pouligney - Lusans and Roulans in the north, and Laissey Champlive in the east, Osse and Vaire - Arcier in the south and Vaire -le- Petit and Amagney in the West.

History

Several findings indicate that the municipality of Deluz was already inhabited during the Gallo-Roman and Merovingian ( burial grounds ). In the Middle Ages Deluz belonged to the rule Roulans. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Thanks to the water power of the Doubs settled in the valley early industry. In the area of iron ore was mined and smelted here. The paper mill of Deluz busy end of the 19th century at times more than 450 workers and brought the village an economic boom.

Attractions

The three-nave village church was built in 1736 on the site of an earlier temple, and has a rich interior. On the hill above the village is the Chapelle de Montoille Built in 1872.

Population

With 627 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Deluz 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 (1911 1032 people were still counted ), a total of only relatively small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1950s.

Economy and infrastructure

Deluz since the late 18th century was an embossed by the water-dependent commercial village. Today there is a paper mill and various operations of the local small business sector and the retail trade. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who engage in the agglomeration Besançon their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Vaire -le- Petit after Laissey. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 15 km. Deluz has a station on the railway line Dole - Besançon - Belfort.