Longeville

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

Geography

Longe Ville is located at 664 m above sea level, about ten kilometers southeast of Ornans and 28 km southeast of the city of Besançon (air line). The village street lines extending in the Jura, on a plateau west of the upper reaches of the Loue, at the northern foot of Mont Rochet.

The area of ​​9.46 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by the plateau of Longeville, the average is located at 680 m and is mostly covered by meadows. In the east the plateau is bordered by the deep erosion valley of the Loue, the communal land usually only goes up to the top of the escarpment. The Ruisseau de Raffenot drains the plateau north to Loue and descends rapidly too deeply into the plateau one. A west of Talfurche of Raffenot situated part of the plateau is one of Longeville.

To the south, the municipality's area extends over a terrain level to a high ridge which forms an anticline in geological- tectonic point of view and is oriented towards the west southwest- east-northeast, according to the strike of the Jurassic in this region. It is divided into the Bois du Désert ( with 930 m the highest elevation of Longeville ), Mont Rochet ( 851 m) and the Belvoir ( 876 m). With the striking rock walls of the Rochers du Capucins ( municipal boundary ) he drops down to the valley of the Loue.

Neighboring communities of Longeville are Château Vieux- les -Fosses and Vuillafans in the north, Lods and Mouthier -Haute -Pierre in the east, the south and Évillers Amathay - Vésigneux and Chantrans in the West.

History

In 1120 for the first time Longeville appear in the documents. The village church is occupied since 1235. In the Middle Ages Longeville belonged to the rule Château Vieux. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. Since 1993 Longeville member of the Communauté de communes comprehensive 19 villages Amancey - Loue - Lison, where it forms an exclave of this community association.

Attractions

The village church of Longeville was largely rebuilt in the 18th century, incorporating the portal area of the earlier building from the 13th century. In the old town peasant houses are preserved in the characteristic style of the Haut-Doubs from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Population

With 151 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Longeville one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 324 persons were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1980s.

Economy and infrastructure

Longeville was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially dairy farming and animal husbandry, as well as by the forestry village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Many workers are also 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 Amancey by Lods. Further road links exist with Vuillafans and Évillers.