FÃªche-l'Ã‰glise

Fêche -l'Église ( formerly German Fesch and wit ) is a town in the French department of Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Fêche -l'Église is located on 360 m above sea level, four kilometers west of Delle and about twelve miles east of the town of Montbéliard (air line). The village extends in a broad trough in the northern foothills of the Jura Mountains, in the valley of Feschotte, near the border with Switzerland.

The area of 3.93 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the northern French Jura. The western part of the area occupied by the approximately one square kilometer large dump which is on average 355 m. It is drained by the Feschotte northwest to Allan. The trough is surrounded by the hills of the northern foothills of the Jura plateau, which here descends gradually to the flat land of the Burgundian Gate. These heights are partly covered with arable and meadow land with some woods. To the north the municipality area extends into the vast forest area of Grande Noz ( to 411 m), east to the height, which separates the valleys of Feschotte and battery. Here the highest elevation of Fêche -l'Église is achieved with 460 m.

Neighboring communities of Fêche -l'Église are Grandvillars and Thiancourt in the north, dent and Lebetain in the east, Saint- Dizier- l'Évêque in the south and Badevel in the West.

History

The territory of Fêche -l'Église was settled very early. The earliest evidence of human presence date back to prehistoric times. During the Roman period the important traffic route of Epomanduodurum ( Mandeure ) crossed to Augusta Raurica the local area.

Is first mentioned Fêche -l'Église in the year 1303. During the first half of the 14th century the village came under the suzerainty of the Habsburg dynasty. Together with the Sundgau it came with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the French crown. At this time the former Fêche -Moulin was abandoned, which lay between Fêche -l'Église and Badevel. Fêche -l'Église was always at the limits of the dominions of the Counts of Montbéliard and the lords of Ferrette. In the 17th century the iron ore mines had a considerable impact. Since 1793 Fêche -l'Église belonged to the Department of Haut -Rhin, however, remained in 1871 as part of the Territoire de Belfort as opposed to the rest of Alsace in France. After the founding of Japy factories in neighboring Badevel middle of the 19th century also Fêche -l'Église experienced an economic boom.

Attractions

The church of Saint - Valere was built in the 19th century. Originally built in the 17th century comes the Fontaine Mazarin, which was restored in 1886. The Lavoir from the period around 1800 is entered in the additional directory ( inventaire supplémentaire) the list of Monuments historiques.

Population

With 792 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) is Fêche -l'Église to the small communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (1896 474 persons were still counted ), 1950-1980 a significant population growth was recorded. Since then, the population remained at an approximately constant level. The settlement area of Fêche -l'Église has grown together with that of Badevel.

Economy and infrastructure

Fêche -l'Église was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are now several companies of local small businesses. Meanwhile, the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in urban Belfort and Montbéliard.

The village has good transport links. It lies on the main road that leads from Montbeliard to Delle. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about ten kilometers. Further road links exist with Saint- Dizier- l'Évêque and Grandvillars.

Swell

Municipality in the department of Territoire de Belfort
Place in Franche -Comté

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