Doucier
Doucier is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Doucier is on 528 m above sea level. M., about 17 km east of the town of Lons -le- Saunier (air line). The village street lines extending in the Jura, in the Valley of the Combe d' Ain, on the eastern edge of the broad Ain valley at the foot of the plateau of Champagnole, south of Chalain.
The area of 12.52 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The western part of the area occupied by the broad plain east of the Ain, the. Average at 500 m above sea M. lies. The northern boundary case runs along the shore of the Lac de Chalain, which is bordered by a swamp belt. The plateau is drained by the Hérisson west to Ain. In the far west of the municipality floor extends to the Ain, which is here dammed to generate electricity.
To the east of Doucier followed by a 80 m high step which leads on to the high plateau of the Bois de la Frate (613 m above sea level. M. ). With a long narrow tip, the municipality's area extends to the southeast, and encompasses the in the plateau of Champagnole cut valley Hérisson with the Lac de Chambly and Lac du Val The river has a 700 m wide, flat valley floor. Rise on both sides of steep, up to 150 m high slopes that are forested and partially surmounted in the top edge of cliffs. Today's valley shape was created during the ice age by glacial erosion along an existing Talk heritage. The border runs, respectively, above the steep drop to Hérisson Valley. With 635 m above sea level. M. is achieved the highest elevation of Doucier on the edge of the plateau.
At Doucier addition to the actual site also includes several hamlets and isolated farms, including:
- Collondon (530 m above sea level. M. ) on a plateau on the eastern edge of the Combe d' Ain
- Chambly (505 m above sea level. M. ) in Hérisson Valley at the northern edge of the Lac du Val
Neighboring communities of Doucier are Marigny and Fontenu in the north, and Songeson Menétrux -en- Joux in the east, and Denezières Charcier in the south and in the west Châtillon.
History
The region around the Chalain was already inhabited during the Neolithic, the Bronze Age and Gallo-Roman times. Is first mentioned in the 12th century Doucier. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.
To territorial changes occurred in the early 19th century: in 1815 the first previously been an independent Collondon was incorporated into Doucier. In the same year merged Vaux -de- Chambly and Chambly to a community. 1821, this community was divided again; Chambly was incorporated into Doucier, while the former territory of Vaux -de- Chambly was merged with Menétrux -en- Joux.
Attractions
The village church of Doucier was built in the 16th century and modified in the 17th century. You own a part of the choir stalls of the church of the former Carthusian monastery Bonlieu. The Château de Collondon was built in 1653. Among the natural attractions include the three nearby lakes: Chalain Lac de Chambly and Lac du Val
Population
With 345 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Doucier one of the small towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 437 people were still counted ), a slight increase in population was recorded since the mid-1970s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Doucier was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming 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 larger towns in the vicinity of their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Clairvaux- les -Lacs to Pont- du- Navoy. Other regional road links exist with Lons -le- Saunier and La Chaux -du- Dombief.