Geraise

Geraise is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Geraise is located on 672 m above sea level. M., east of Salins- les -Bains, 24 km north of the city Champagnole (air line). The farming village extends in the Jura, on the first Jura plateau, at an inclined slightly to the west slope between the erosion valleys of Furieuse in the west and in the east of the Lison.

The area of ​​6.04 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The central part of the area occupied by the plateau of the Jura plateau, the average sea level to 650 m. M. is and is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land. The plateau has no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. The northern boundary forms the Bois Bovard. To the south of the municipality floor extends into the Bois des Paules (up to 720 m above sea level. M. ). On the hill east of the village is 736 meters above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Geraise. To the east of the erosion of the boiler Bief de Vau is located (page stream of Lison ), also part of the upper part to Geraise. The valley is deeply incised into the surrounding plateaus and is crowned at its upper edge by several rocky outcrops.

Neighboring communities of Geraise are Salins- les- Bains in the north, Nans -sous -Sainte -Anne and Sainte -Anne in the east, the south and Cernan Clucy in the West.

History

Is first mentioned in the 12th century Geraise. In the 17th century existed near the Chasm du Gros - Gadeau ( cave ) a seat of power. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.

Population

With 46 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Geraise one of the smallest towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (1886 127 people were still counted ), only relatively small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1970s.

Economy and infrastructure

Geraise was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture and forestry village. Even today, the inhabitants live on the merits of the activity in the first sector. Outside of the primary sector, there are few jobs in the village. Some of the working population commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares. The main access is from the D72, which runs from Salins- les- Bains to Pontarlier. Further road links exist with Clucy and Saizenay.

Abergement- lès- Thésy | Aiglepierre | Aresches | Bracon | Cernan | La Chapelle- sur- Furieuse | Chaux- Champagny | Chilly- sur -Salins | Clucy | Dournon | Geraise | Ivory | Ivrey | Lemuy | Marnoz | Montmarlon | Pont -d ' Héry | Pretin | Saint- Thiébaud | Saizenay | Salins- les- Bains | Thésy

  • Commune in the department of Jura
  • Place in Franche -Comté
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