Le Mémont

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

Geography

Le Mémont is located on 998 m, 13 km north-northeast of Morteau and approximately 13 km west-northwest of the town of La Chaux -de-Fonds (air line). The village is located in the Jura, at the edge of the small pelvis of Mémont on the same ridge, which rises in the southwest of the plateaus of Maîche.

The area of ​​3.16 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The entire area is occupied by the broad ridge of Le Mémont. This ridge forms in geological- tectonic respects an anticlinal folds of the Jura and is oriented southwest-northeast direction according to the strike of the mountains in this region. Because of the erosion was cleared the top hard layer of rock over time, which is why a basin formed on the ridge, which is surrounded on all sides by 20 to 50 m high, partly rocky ridges. The western boundary runs along the ridge of the Mont Repentir (1050 m), the southern to that of Les Murs. Here it is with 1056 m the highest elevation reached by Le Mémont. While the basin is mainly consisted of pasture, the ridges are forested. The area has no surface watercourses, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground.

Neighboring communities of Le Le Luhier Mémont are in the north, Le Russey in the east and Le Bizot in the south.

History

In the Middle Ages Le Mémont belonged to the rule Réaumont, which was under the suzerainty of the Lords of Montfaucon, from the 15th century to that of the Counts of Montbéliard. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.

By January 1, 2009 there was a change in the membership of the district municipality. So far, belonging to the district Montbeliard, all municipalities in the canton came to the district Pontarlier.

Attractions

The village church of Le Mémont was built in the 18th century.

Population

With 41 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Le Mémont is one of the smallest municipalities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1901 88 people were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1980s.

Economy and infrastructure

Le Mémont was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture ( livestock and dairy farming ) embossed village. Even today, the inhabitants live on the merits of the activity in the first sector. Outside of the primary sector, there are very few jobs in the village. Some employed persons are also commuters who engage in the surrounding larger towns of their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Le Russey to Le Bélieu. Further road links exist with Luhier Le and Le Bizot.