Grosne
Grosne ( formerly German Welsch Green ) is a town in the French department of Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Grosne is located on 362 m above sea level, about 13 kilometers southeast of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The village is located in the lowlands of the Burgundian Gate, the main thing on the gently sloping hillside north of the creek ecrevisse.
The area of 3.65 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the gently undulating countryside in the Burgundian Gate ( trouée de Belfort ). The central part of the area is traversed in an east-west direction from the valley of the ecrevisse, which provides for the drainage of the Bourbeuse to Allaine. This broad trough is flanked on both sides by a plateau, which is on average 375 m. It is mostly covered with arable and meadow land, but also shows some larger forest areas. In the Valley of ecrevisse and in the hollows of the plateau there are several ponds that were created for fish farming. To the south, the municipality's area extends over the plateau in the Grove Bois Lachat. Here the highest elevation of Grosne is achieved with 388 m.
Neighboring communities of Grosne are Brebotte and Brittany in the north, Vellescot in the east, Boron and Grandvillars in the south and Froidefontaine and Recouvrance in the West.
History
The first mention in writing Grosne in 1105 ( Grona ) in a charter of the Priory Froidefontaine. The first church was probably already in the 8th century. In the 12th century Grosne formed a parish, belonged to the numerous surrounding villages. Since that time Grosne was under the county Ferrette. In the first half of the 14th century the village came under the suzerainty of the Habsburg dynasty. Together with the Sundgau Grosne came with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the French crown. Since 1793, the village 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. Through a railway line that ran from Belfort to Réchésy, Grosne in 1913 linked to the French railway network. The operation, however, was reinstated in 1948.
Attractions
The present church of Saint -Paul was built in the 18th century. In the center, various houses from the 18th and 19th century are situated in the traditional style of the Sundgauvian.
- Church of Saint -Paul in Grosne
Population
With 329 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Grosne is one of the small communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (1886 224 persons were still counted ), a continuous population growth was recorded since the mid-1970s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Grosne was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ), fish farming and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Meanwhile, the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the larger towns in the area and in the agglomeration Belfort.
The village is located off the major road links on a secondary road that leads from Belfort to Suarce. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 14 kilometers. Further road links exist with Boron and Brittany.