La Chaumusse
La Chaumusse is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
La Chaumusse is located on 884 m above sea level. M., about 18 km south of the city Champagnole (air line). The farming village extends in the Jura, on the vast plateau of Grandvaux, at the edge of a moor sink southeast of the forest heights of La Joux Derriere.
The area of 10.62 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 900 m. M. ). It shows only slight differences in relief and is mainly composed of meadow and pasture land. The area is drained by a creek to the north- east to Lemme. This forms the eastern boundary of the municipality. They first flows through a wide alluvial plain, and then traverse the chain of Prélet in a gorge-like breakthrough. The northwestern boundary of the plateau mark the wooded knolls of La Joux Derriere ( 962 m above sea level. M. the highest peak of La Chaumusse ) and Bois des Assiettes (939 m above sea level. M. ). The area of La Chaumusse is part of the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut- Jura.
At La Chaumusse addition to the actual site also includes several hamlets, groups of farms and individual farms, including:
- Sur le Pré (858 m above sea level. M. ) on the high plateau of Grandvaux
- Les Chauvettes de Vent ( 885 m above sea level. M. ) on the high plateau of Grandvaux
- Les Chauvettes de Bise (880 m above sea level. M. ) on the southern edge of the Bois des Assiettes
- Pont de Lemme ( 823 m above sea level. M. ) in the Valley of Lemme
Neighboring communities of La Chaumusse are La Chaux -du- Dombief in the north, Fort-du- Plasne in the east, Saint -Laurent -en- Grandvaux in the south and Saint- Pierre in the West.
History
Since the Middle Ages La Chaumusse belonged to the territory of the Abbey of Grandvaux, which was merged in the 14th century with the abbey of Saint -Claude. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.
Population
With 371 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) La Chaumusse one of the small towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century ( in 1886 340 people were still counted ), a slight increase in population was recorded since the mid-1970s again.
Economy and infrastructure
La Chaumusse 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, including a member of the eyewear industry. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.
Although the village is off the major thoroughfares, but transport links thanks to the proximity of main roads N5 ( Champagnole - Morez ) and N78 ( Lons -le- Saunier - Saint -Laurent -en- Grandvaux ) yet well developed. La Chaumusse by a railway station ( near the hamlet of Pont -de- terminal) opened in 1900 at the railway line from Champagnole after Morez.
Bonlieu | Chaux -des- Prés | Château -des- Prés | Denezières | Fort-du- Plasne | Grande- Rivière | La Chaumusse | La Chaux -du- Dombief | Lac -des- Rouges- Truites | Les Piards | Prénovel | Saint -Laurent -en- Grandvaux | Saint- Maurice- Crillat | Saint- Pierre | Saugeot
- Commune in the department of Jura
- Place in Franche -Comté