Les Plains-et-Grands-Essarts
Les Plains- et- Grands- Essarts is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Les Plains- et- Grands- Essarts is located at 748 m, 9 km northeast of Maîche, and 24 km south-southeast of the town of Montbéliard (air line). The village is located in the Jura, in the northeast of the high plateau of Maîche, in a wide basin at the northern foot of the height of Verbois.
The area of 10.35 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the weakly in relief pool of Les Plains, which is on average 750 m. It is mainly composed of meadow and pasture land and is bounded to the west by the ravine-like incision of a Trockentals, the topographical part of the catchment area of the stream Charbonney. The plateau has no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. Flanked the basin in the north of the hill Les Vérailles (814 m). This demonstrates the valley of Trémeux joins in the northwest (also in the catchment area of the Charbonney ) and the ridge Queue de Veau (864 m ), which separates the plateau from the northern section of the Doubs. To the south, the municipality's area extends to the wooded slopes of the Verbois (939 m) and on the ridge of Mont Sassier, on the 945 meters, the highest elevation of Les Plains- et- Grands- Essarts is achieved. This ridge marks the transition from the pool of Les Plains to the southern section of the Doubstals.
At Les Plains- et- Grands- Dessessart includes the hamlet Trémeux (715 m) on the southern slope of the Queue de Veau and various homesteads. Neighboring municipalities of Les Plains- et- Grands- Dessessart are Soulce - Cernay and Courtefontaine in the north, Indevillers in the east, and Fessevillers Trévillers in the south and in the west Montandon.
History
In the Middle Ages Les Plains- et- Grands- Dessessart belonged to the territory of the county of La Roche Saint -Hippolyte. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.
Attractions
The village church of Les Plains- et- Grands- Essarts was built in the 17th century and modified in the 18th century. In the village are farmhouses dating from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved in the traditional style of the Haut-Doubs.
Population
With 210 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Les Plains- et- Grands- Essarts is one of the small communities of the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 305 persons were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the mid- 1970s.
Economy and infrastructure
Les Plains- et- Grands- Essarts was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture ( livestock and dairy farming ) and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Many workers 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 Trévillers after Indevillers. Further road links exist with Courtefontaine and Soulce - Cernay.
Evidence
Bief | Burnevillers | Chamesol | Courtefontaine | Dampjoux | Fleurey | Froidevaux | Glère | Indevillers | Liebvillers | Montancy | Montandon | Montjoie- le -Château | Montécheroux | Les Plains- et- Grands- Dessessart | Saint- Hippolyte | Soulce - Cernay | Les Terres de Chaux | Valoreille | Vaufrey
- Municipality in the department of Doubs
- Place in Franche -Comté