Entre-deux-Monts
Entre -deux- Monts is a municipality in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Entre -deux- Monts is located at 806 m above sea level. M., about twelve kilometers south-southeast of the city Champagnole (air line). The village street lines extending in the Jura, in an open basin of Quenot, between the forest heights Rachet in the north and Bois de Combe Noire in the south.
The area of 5.36 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The landscape is characterized by terrain ridges and longitudinal troughs, which are oriented in the southwest-northeast, according to the strike of the Jura Mountains in the region. The central part of the area occupied by the approximately one kilometer- wide longitudinal trough of Quenot, which provides for drainage west to Lemme.
The longitudinal recess of the Entre- deux -Monts is flanked to the north by the mountain range of the Rachet ( 895 m above sea level. M. ) and the Col du gypsum. In the south is dominated by the steep slope of the Bois de la Combe Noire, whose top is crowned by a rock band. At this altitude is 940 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of the Entre- deux -Monts. The eastern end of the trough is the forest height from Les Epinois ( 876 m above sea level. M. ). To the west, the municipality's area extends into the broad Talniederung the Lemme.
At Entre -deux- Monts include the hamlet of Morillon ( 725 m above sea level. M. ) in a valley widening at the Lemme at the western foot of the Bois de Combe Noire as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Entre -deux- Monts are Chaux -des- Crotenay in the north, Les Planches -en- Montagne in the east, Fort-du- Plasne in the south and La Chaux -du- Dombief in the West.
History
Is first mentioned Entre -deux- Monts in the early 13th century under the name Sous- Malruche; The current name appears for the first time in 1295. In Morillon was since the 15th century an important bridge crossing over the Lemme at the end of the 18th century duty was collected. Together with the Franche -Comté reached Entre -deux- Monts with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.
Attractions
In the hamlet Morillon is an Oratory, which was built in 1809. From 1835 comes the meetinghouse.
Population
With 158 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Entre -deux- Monts is one of the smallest towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 294 persons were still counted ), a slight increase in population was recorded since the early 1980s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Entre -deux- Monts was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially livestock and dairy farming, as well as by the forestry village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Many workers are also commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from the main road N5, which runs from Champagnole after Morez. Further road links exist with Planches -en- Montagne and Chaux -des- Crotenay.