Les Bouchoux

Les Bouchoux is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté. It is the capital of the Canton of Les Bouchoux in the arrondissement of Saint -Claude.

Geography

Les Bouchoux is located at 950 meters above sea level. M., about ten kilometers south-southwest of the town of Saint- Claude ( a straight line ). The farming village extends in the Jura, on a ridge on the eastern side of the valley of the Tacon, at the foot of the height of the Croix des couloirs.

The area of 21.20 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The central part is occupied by deep erosion valley of Tacon, which springs from the very south of the municipal area, flows north and feeds its water of Bienne. That at its upper edge a maximum of 1.5 km wide valley a canyon sunk into the high plateau of the Hautes- Combes and has a depth of 400 m on the northern boundary of the municipality on. The upper valley slopes are very steep pronounced and are traversed by bands of rock ( resistant limestone layer).

To the east of the municipality floor extends to the top of the Tacon Valley (Les couloirs ). In the area of Croix des couloirs is 1230 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Les Bouchoux. The western part of the municipality extends to the extended, partially wooded ( Bois des Ecollets, Bois de Banc ), partly planted with pasture plateau of the Hautes- Combes, the. Herein to an average of 1000 m above sea M. lies. The area of Les Bouchoux is part of the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut- Jura.

At Les Bouchoux addition to the actual site include numerous hamlets and farm groups, including:

Très -la -Ville (980 m above sea level. M. ) on the eastern slope of the valley of the Tacon
La Serra (1010 m above sea level. M. ) on the west slope of the Tacon
Tailla (900 m above sea level. M. ) in a trough- like depression on the plateau west of the Tacon
Désertin ( 995 m above sea level. M. ) west on the plateau the height of the Bois de Banc

Neighboring municipalities of Les Bouchoux are Coiserette in the north, La Pesse in the east, the south and Belleydoux Viry, Choux and Vulvoz in the West.

History

Several findings indicate that the municipality of Les Bouchoux was already inhabited during the Roman period. In the 12th century Priory Cutture was founded, which was of the Saint -Claude monastery dependent. It was converted in the 16th century in a Coming and destroyed in 1639 by French troops. Together with the Franche -Comté came Les Bouchoux with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. To a field change occurred in 1832, when La Pesse was separated from Les Bouchoux and raised to an independent municipality.

Attractions

The village church, located at the outer end of the projection of Les Bouchoux, was built in the 19th century. Below the village is the chapel of the former priory.

Population

With 310 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Les Bouchoux is one of the small towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1901 900 people were still counted ), a slight increase in population was recorded since the early 1980s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Les Bouchoux was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially livestock and dairy farming, as well as by the forestry village. Even today, the inhabitants live on the merits of the activity in the first sector. Outside of the primary sector, there are few jobs in the village.

The area around Les Bouchoux is a popular recreation and tourist area in the High Jura. In winter, the village also benefits from tourism, when cross-country skiing can be operated on the plateau of the Hautes- Combes.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Saint -Claude Saint- Germain -de- Joux. Further road links exist with Viry, La Pesse and Les Moussières.

Commune in the department of Jura
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement of Saint-Claude Cantons of France Postal codes in France Saint-Claude (Jura) Viry (Jura)

508657