Fort-du-Plasne

Fort-du- Plasne is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Fort-du- Plasne is located on 887 m above sea level. M., about 16 km south of the city Champagnole (air line). The village street lines extending in the Jura, in the north -east of the vast plateau of Grandvaux, east of Lemme, at the edge of the forest heights of the Bois de Combe Noire.

The area of 12.92 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The main part of the territory occupied by the plateau of Grandvaux ( average altitude of 890 m. M. ). It shows only slight differences in relief and is mainly composed of meadow and pasture land. Large parts of the area have no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the porous limestone substrate. In some wells to bog areas were able to develop, and east of the village, the small Lac du Fort -du- Plasne is in a sealed clay layers trough.

To the west, the municipality's area extends to around 60 m below the Talniederung Lemme. This river forms the western boundary. It flows first through a wide alluvial plain, and then traverse the chain of Prélet and Bois de Combe Noire in a gorge-like breakthrough. The boundaries of the plateau of Fort- du- Plasne in the south of the wooded grounds rib of the Bois du Ban (up to 960 m above sea level. M. ), in the north of the forest height of the Bois de Combe Noire, on the 970 m above sea level. M. is reached the highest point of the municipality. The area of Fort- du- Plasne is part of the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut- Jura.

At Fort-du- Plasne addition to the actual site also includes several hamlets, groups of farms and individual farms, including:

Le Coin d' Aval ( 836 m above sea level. M. ) east in a depression of the Lemme
Sous la Roche ( 845 m above sea level. M. ) on the stairway to the high surface area of Fort-du- Plasne
Les Monnet ( 896 m above sea level. M. ) on the high plateau of Grandvaux

Neighboring communities of Fort- du- Plasne are the Entre- Deux -Monts and Les Planches -en- Montagne in the north, Foncine -le- Bas in the East, Lac -des- Rouges- Truites and Saint- Laurent -en- Grandvaux in the south and La Chaumusse and La Chaux -du- Dombief in the West.

History

The place name derives from Fort not a fortification but from the French word four ( oven ), while Plasne designated in the regional dialect a maple. Since the Middle Ages formed Fort-du- Plasne own rule, which mostly belonged to the dominion of the Abbey of Saint -Claude. Near the village of the Catholic troops of the reign of Saint- Claude had penetrated far into the Jura troops into the reformed Bern defeated in 1543. Together with the Franche -Comté reached Fort-du- Plasne with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.

Attractions

The village church of Fort- du- Plasne was built in 1827 with the involvement of a former grave chapel of the local noble family. It has a Gothic apse and a rich baroque interior, including an oil painting from the 17th century, and an altar made of pink marble and a remarkable altar. Receive is also the seat of power of Lezay, originally dates from the 13th century. Furthermore, the characteristic farms of the high Jura and the remains of a Roman bridge achtbogigen be mentioned.

Population

With 429 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) Fort-du- Plasne is one of the small towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 620 persons were still counted ), a significant population increase has been recorded since the early 1980s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Fort-du- Plasne 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 traffic- technically quite well developed. It is easily accessible from the main road N5, which runs from Geneva via Morez to Dole. Further road links exist with Foncine -le- Bas and Lac -des- Rouges- Truites.

Commune in the department of Jura
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Saint-Claude Cantons of France Postal codes in France Entre-deux-Monts Les Planches-en-Montagne Foncine-le-Bas Lac-des-Rouges-Truites Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux La Chaux-du-Dombief Saint-Claude (Jura) Gothic art Dole, Jura Saint-Pierre (Jura)

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