Larnod

Larnod is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Larnod is located at 425 m, about 7 km southwest of the city of Besançon (air line). The village stretches a scenic location on a ridge on the western edge of the Jura, between the valleys of Doubs and Loue in the north to the south.

The area of ​​4.05 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the western Jura. The northern part of the area occupied by the height of Larnod that belongs to the system of law - edge chain in geological- tectonic terms. With 470 m find the highest mountains of Larnod is achieved. Especially towards the west the chain falls to the observation point Rocher de Valmy (406 m) steeply against the Doubs Valley. To the south, opens a small valley, the stream seeps into the karst underground of the first Jura plateau after a short distance. With a narrow strip, the municipality's area extends south to the wooded heights of the Grand Bois (446 m ) at the edge of the Loue valley.

Neighboring communities of Larnod are Avanne - Aveney and Beure in the north, Pugey in the east, Chenecey- Buillon in the south and Busy and Rancenay in the West.

History

Situated on a Roman trade route between Besançon and Lyon, the municipality of Larnod was probably settled very early. The place name probably has very ancient roots and means something like Bergdorf ( from the Indo-European root words lar (village) and normal ( Berg) ). Since the Middle Ages Larnod was under the rule Arguel and formed after the construction of the castle in 1634 under the suzerainty own little rule. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Ecclesiastical Larnod was from neighboring Pugey dependent, to the Archbishop the villagers end of the 18th century gave permission to build a chapel.

Attractions

The chapel was built by Larnod beginning of the 19th century. On the lookout Rocher de Valmy on the Doubs Valley is a monumental cross, which is reminiscent of the French resistance movement during the Second World War.

Population

With 673 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Larnod one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the range 90 to 140 people, a striking population growth was recorded since the early 1960s. Since then, the population has more than tripled.

Economy and infrastructure

Larnod has long been a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who engage in the agglomeration Besançon their work.

The village has good transport links. The main access is from the main road N83, which runs from Besançon Lons -le- Saunier. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 12 km. Further road links exist with Beure and Pugey.