Labergement-Sainte-Marie
Labergement -Sainte -Marie is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Labergement -Sainte -Marie is located at 862 m above sea level, approximately 15 km south-southwest of the town of Pontarlier (air line). The village is located in the Jura, in an open longitudinal recess on the upper reaches of the river Doubs, between the lakes Lac de Saint-Point and Lac de Remoray.
The area of 22:12 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The central part of the area occupied by the basin of Labergement (850 m), which is oriented southwest-northeast direction according to the strike of the Jura Mountains in the region. The 2 km wide basin is drained by the Doubs, which enters from the southeast klusartigen a valley and then flows with numerous meanders north east to Lac de Saint-Point. The flat valley floor is largely vermoort and also includes the Lac de Remoray whose outflow tavern and coming from the east Blanc Bief.
Flanked the basin of Labergement of predominantly forested ridges: in the south from Mont de la Croix ( 1000 m), to the east by Rochat ( 1025 m) and the Fuvelle, at the 1054 m the highest peak of Labergement -Sainte -Marie is achieved, and in the northwest of the Grand -Cote ( to 980 m). To the north, the municipality's area extends into the basin of Derrière le Mont and to the Bois du Lac, a hill west of the Lac de Saint-Point, and the Bois de Chargebin ( 1040 m) in the far northwest.
To Labergement -Sainte -Marie are the place Granges -Sainte -Marie ( 858 m) on the eastern edge of the valley basin at Blanc Bief and various individual courtyards. Neighboring communities of Labergement -Sainte- Marie are Vaux- et- Chantegrue, Malpas, Saint-Point- Lac and Malbuisson in the north, Saint -Antoine in the east, Fourcatier -et- Maison- Neuve, Rochejean and Brey -et -Maison -du- Bois in the south and Remoray - Boujeons in the West.
History
The origin of the settlement of the area lies in the foundation of the Cistercian monastery of Mont -Sainte -Marie in the year 1196th The monks of the monastery made the area under cultivation, so that soon developed first agricultural settlements. In the Middle Ages Mont -Sainte -Marie made together with Rochejean an ecclesiastical and secular rule. During the Thirty Years' War Labergement was severely affected. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.
During the French Revolution the monastery was dissolved. At the beginning of the 18th century was Labergement location of a nail makers. Several times, the village was ravaged by wildfires, especially in 1825 and 1898. In 1882 Labergement was officially renamed Labergement -Sainte -Marie. By tram, which reversed from Pontarlier via Mouthe after Foncine -le-Haut, the place was in 1900 connected to the rail network. The operation, however, was discontinued after the Second World War. Even more significant, for the village was 1915, subsequent to the international railway line that led from Dijon via Frasnian and Vallorbe to Lausanne. To a field change occurred in 1972 when the neighboring Granges -Sainte -Marie merged with Labergement -Sainte -Marie. Since 1999 Labergement -Sainte -Marie is a member of the comprehensive 19 villages municipal association Communauté de communes du Mont d' Or et des Deux Lacs.
Attractions
The parish church of Saint- Théodule was built from 1848 to 1869. Get furthermore the Chapel Saint- Théodule ( 1824 ) and individual remnants of the former Cistercian monastery dating from the 12th century. The forge in the early 19th century is still in operation today. The nature reserve Lac de Remoray offers a visitor center ( Maison de la Réserve ) with exhibitions.
Population
With 1114 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Labergement -Sainte -Marie is one of the smaller communities of the department of Doubs. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the range of approximately 420 people, a significant population increase has been recorded since the early 1960s.
Economy and infrastructure
Labergement -Sainte -Marie was well into the 20th century, a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially dairy farming and animal husbandry, as well as by the forestry village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises, including a cheese factory, saw mills, a power plant and mechanical workshops, as well as various shops of retail. Labergement -Sainte -Marie is home to a private school.
The village is traffic- technically quite well developed. It lies on the secondary road D437 which leads from Pontarlier to Saint -Laurent -en- Grandvaux, and on the railway line Dijon Vallorbe. Further road links exist with Frasnian, Jougne, Remoray - Boujeons, Roche Jean and Saint-Point- Lac. Labergement -Sainte -Marie has a station on the railway line from Frasnian to Vallorbe.