Fessevillers
Fessevillers is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Fessevillers is located on 861 m, 9 km east-northeast of Maîche and about 27 km south-southeast of the town of Montbéliard (air line). The village is located in the Jura, in the north -east of the vast plateau of Maîche, on a saddle, which leads on to the deep Doubs Valley.
The area of 6.16 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The western part of the area is occupied by the plateau of Maîche, which is on average 800 m. It is mainly consisted of meadow and pasture land. The plateau has no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. To the east of this plateau includes a hilly region with the heights of Pré Malade ( 975 m the highest elevation of Fessevillers ) Prés Fuans ( 962 m), Mont (916 m) and Mont Sassier ( to 910 m). These hills, which are divided by various small valley to the east fall steeply to the Doubs Valley. With a narrow strip, the municipality's area extends down to the here a canyon cut into the Jura plateaus Doubs.
To Fessevillers include the hamlet of Le Plain ( 652 m) on a terrace above the Doubs and various individual courtyards. Neighboring communities of Fessevillers are Goumois, Urtière and Belfays in the south, Ferrieres -le- Lac and Trévillers in the West Plains -et Les Grands Dessessart and Indevillers in the north and the Swiss community Saignelégier in the east.
History
In the Middle Ages Fessevillers belonged to the dominion of Maîche. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.
Attractions
The church of Saint -Maurice is originally based on the 13th century ( Romanesque components ), with the current building stock predominantly come from a transformation in the 15th century in Gothic style. The Voisard family donated in 1482 in the hamlet of Le Plain Chapel Sainte -Anne. In this chapel, 2002, the stained glass windows, created by Hubert Deininger ( in the northern Romanesque window arches a tree of life window Bouquet du Clos du Doubs in Southern Gothic arched windows, a St. Anne's window ) were used. In the village are farmhouses in the traditional style of the Haut-Doubs from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.
Population
With 173 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Fessevillers one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1896 201 persons were still counted ), a population growth was recorded since the early 1990s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Fessevillers was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture ( livestock and dairy farming ) and forestry embossed village. Even today, the inhabitants live on the merits of the activity in the first sector. Some employed persons are also commuters who engage in the surrounding larger towns of their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road, leading from Trévillers after Goumois. Another road connection with Ferrieres -le- Lac.
Battenans - Varin | Belfays | Belleherbe | Les Bréseux | Cernay- l'Église | Charmauvillers | Charmoille | Charquemont | Cour -Saint -Maurice | Damprichard | Les Écorces | Ferrieres -le- Lac | Fessevillers | Fournet -Blanche Roche | Frambouhans | Goumois | La Grange | Maîche | Mancenans- Lizerne | Mont -de- Vougney | Orgeans -Blanche Fontaine | Provenchère | Thiébouhans | Trévillers | Urtière | Vaucluse | Vauclusotte
- Municipality in the department of Doubs
- Place in Franche -Comté