Lizine

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

Geography

Lizine is located on 410 m above sea level, approximately 13 km west-southwest of Ornans and 20 km south of the city of Besançon (air line). The village is located in the Jura, on a plateau above the confluence of Lison and Loue, at the foot of the hill of Chatelet.

The area of ​​7:33 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The boundaries of the area to the west by the Lison and the north by the Loue. Both rivers move with spiral running in about 100 m deep in the valleys surrounding the plateau, whose slopes are criss-crossed by striking Kalkfelswänden. From the river runners, the municipality's area extends to the southeast the plateau Lizine, which is on average 400 m. It has a width of 1 km and a length of about 3 km and is mainly consisted of meadow land. A step in the terrain of nearly 100 m altitude passes over to the south and south-east to the wooded heights of Chatelet and Les Rochard that already belong to the high plateau of Amancey. Here the highest elevation of Lizine is achieved with 508 m.

Neighboring communities of Lizine are Rurey and Amondans in the north, Malan in the east, Éternoz and muon in the south and Échay, Cussey -sur- Lison and Châtillon- sur- Lison in the West.

History

The territory of Lizine was settled very early. Earliest evidence of human presence is a tumulus from the Hallstatt period. In addition, coins and jewelry were found from Gallo-Roman times.

Lizine is first documented in 1148 in a bull of Pope Eugene III. mentioned. The church at that time belonged to the chapter of Saint- Étienne in Besançon. In the Middle Ages Lizine formed its own little rule. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. Since 1993 Lizine is a member of the comprehensive 19 villages municipal association Communauté de communes Amancey - Loue - Lison.

Attractions

The original goes back to the 12th century village church was extensively rebuilt in 1740 and has a rich interior. A stone wayside cross dates from the 15th century. Of the original three castles of Lizine only a few remains are visible. In the old town numerous farmhouses are preserved in the characteristic style of the Franche -Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Population

With 88 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Lizine 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 (1886 242 persons were still counted ), a slight population growth was recorded since the mid-1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Lizine was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry 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 commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Cléron after Quingey. Another road connection with Éternoz.