Leval (Territoire de Belfort)

Leval is a town in the French department of Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Leval is at 410 m above sea level, about 14 kilometers northeast of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The former village street lines extends to the north of the Burgundian Gate, on the plateau in the foothills of the Vosges, on the Ruisseau de Saint -Nicolas.

The area of 6.00 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the weakly in relief landscape in the Burgundian Gate ( trouée de Belfort ). The central part of the area is traversed in a northwest-southeast direction from the valley of the Ruisseau de Saint- Nicolas, which has a width of about one kilometer. The creek drains the area of the Bourbeuse to Allaine. The level in the foothills of the Vosges is on average 420 m. It is mostly covered with arable and meadow land, but also shows some larger forest areas. In the west of the municipality floor extends to the foot of the heights of the Bois du Châtelet. East of the Ruisseau de Saint -Nicolas are in slight hollows of the plateau numerous ponds ( Étangs of Charmottes ) that were once created for fish farming and are now partly used as a bathing lakes. In the north, the municipality's area extends to the foot of the Vosges heights. Here the highest elevation of Leval is achieved with 456 m. The eastern border is on a hill which forms the watershed between the basins of the Rhone ( to the west) and the Rhine (east ).

Neighboring communities of Leval are Rougemont- le -Château and Masevaux in the north, Mortzwiller in the east, the south and Petitefontaine Romagny -sous- Rougemont to the west.

History

Is first mentioned Leval in 1502. It belonged to the rule Rougemont- le -Château. Middle of the 14th century came to the field of Leval under the supremacy of the Habsburgs. Together with the Sundgau came the village with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the French crown. Since 1793 it belonged to the Department of Haut -Rhin, however, remained in 1871 as part of the Territoire de Belfort as opposed to the rest of Alsace in France, and then moved from Canton Masevaux in the newly founded Canton Rougemont- le -Château. Today Leval is affiliated with 13 other municipalities for municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays Sous- Vosgien. Ecclesiastical it belongs to the parish Rougemont- le -Château.

Population

With 213 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Leval is one of the small communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (1896 311 persons were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the 1930s.

Economy and infrastructure

Leval was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture ( farming, fruit growing and above all cattle, and cattle ), fish farming and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are now a few companies of local small businesses, as well as traditional a wide range of horses ( horse breeding, horse pastures, etc.). Meanwhile, the village, bordering the golf course Rougemont- le -Château, with many weekend homes and ponds ( Etangs ) from the purely residential community to a recreational area developed ( for sports such as hiking, fishing, swimming or riding and golf ). Many of today's employed persons are also commuters who do their work in urban Belfort and Mulhouse or in the border region to Germany or Switzerland in the German - or French-speaking Switzerland itself.

The village Leval is off the larger thoroughfares on a secondary road, leading from Lachapelle- sous- Rougemont Rougemont -le- Château. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 15 kilometers. The connection to the Route Nationale ( highway ) from Belfort to Mulhouse is five minutes. Another road connection with Romagny -sous- Rougemont. Similarly, a section of the Camino leads (hiking trail 1b) by Leval direction of Saint -Nicolas, the other part (1a ) to Angeot.

Municipality in the department of Territoire de Belfort
Place in Franche -Comté

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