La Chevillotte
La Chevillotte is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
La Chevillotte is located on 423 m, 11 km east-southeast of the city of Besançon ( straight line ). The scattered settlement extends in the western Jura, on the so-called first plateau in the heart of a vast forest area, between the heights of the Jura - edge range in the north and in the south of the Grand Mont.
The area of 7.68 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the western French Jura. The whole, only very weakly in relief area is occupied by the wide first Jura plateau, which is on average 420 meters. It forms a wide basin with no surface drainage, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. This sink is mainly existed in the area of La Chevillotte of forest where there are several clearings. In the east, the Forêt de Bouclans in which, on a hill 455 m, the highest peak of La Chevillotte is achieved is. With a narrow strip, the municipality's area extends to the southwest to the Grove Le Grand Frêne.
La Chevillotte consists of several hamlets and individual farms and settlements, including:
- La Vieille Chevillotte (424 m)
- Grange du Bosquet ( 427 m)
- La Batière ( 427 m) on the old road of Saône to Mamirolle
Neighboring communities of La Chevillotte are Gennes and Nancray in the north, and Bouclans Naisey les Granges in the east, Mamirolle in the south and Saône in the West.
Population
With 108 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) La Chevillotte is one of the smallest municipalities of the department of Doubs. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the range between 50 and 73 people, total population growth was recorded since the early 1960s.
Economy and infrastructure
La Chevillotte was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Today La Chevillotte has a golf course. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. 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 on a secondary road, leading from Saône to Gonsans. Further road links exist with Mamirolle and Nancray.
Arguel | Besancon | Beure | Fontain | Gennes | La Chevillotte | La Vèze | Le Gratteris | Mamirolle | Montfaucon | Morre | Saône
- Municipality in the department of Doubs
- Place in Franche -Comté