Glamondans
Glamondans is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Glamondans is located on 397 m, about 19 km east of the city of Besançon (air line). The scattered village extends in the Jura, in a depression in the middle of the so-called first plateau, a broad basin between the heights of the Jura - edge chain ( French ) in the north and the heights of Gonsans in the south.
The area of 9.76 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The only little in relief area is occupied by the wide first Jura plateau, which averages to 410 m. It forms a wide basin with no surface runoff. North west of the village are the ponds of Guigot. In the area of Glamondans the plateau is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land. In the west of the municipality floor extends into the forest area of the Bois de Vuillorbe. To the south, the municipality's area extends over a terrain level to the adjacent, about 70 m higher plateau of Côte Brune. Here the highest elevation of Glamondans is achieved with 482 m. The eastern boundary runs winding dale of Audeux.
To Glamondans the hamlet Vuillorbe part (420 m) in a trough in the Bois de Vuillorbe. Neighboring communities of Glamondans are Champlive and Dammartin -les- Templars in the north, Aïssey to the east, Côte Brune and Gonsans in the south and Bouclans and Vauchamps in the West.
History
The priory was founded in the Middle Ages Vuillorbe by monks of the monastery Montbenoît. Together with the Franche -Comté Glamondans came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.
Attractions
The village church of Glamondans was built in the 18th century and has a rich interior. In Vuillorbe is the former priory. In the village are farmhouses are preserved in the characteristic style of the Franche -Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries.
Population
With 189 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Glamondans one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 316 persons were still counted ), a population growth was recorded since the early 1990s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Glamondans was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises, including in wood processing. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who engage in the agglomeration Besançon their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Roulans after Gonsans. Further road links exist with Aïssey and Dammartin -les- Templars.
Bouclans | Breconchaux | Champlive | Châtillon- Guyotte | Dammartin -les- Templars | Deluz | Glamondans | Gonsans | L' Écouvotte | Laissey | Le Puy | Naisey les Granges | Nancray | Osse | Ougney - Douvot | Pouligney - Lusans | Roulans | Saint- Hilaire | Séchin | Val -de- Roulans | Vauchamps | Vennans | Villers- Grélot
- Municipality in the department of Doubs
- Place in Franche -Comté