Meussia
Meussia is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Meussia is located on 565 m above sea level. M., about 16 km northwest of the town of Saint- Claude ( straight line ). The farming village extends in the Jura, on a high plateau between the valley section of the Vouglan in the west and the forested chain of the high Jura in the east.
The area of 13.64 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The western part of the municipality is occupied by the plateau east of the Vouglan, which on average to 560 m above sea level. M. lies. To the east, the municipality's area extends in the catchment area of Cimante, a left tributary of the Ain. The headwaters of the Cimante forms a basin, flow together in the various short streams. This boiler is surrounded on three sides by the heights of the Forêt de la Joux and the Fyète, whose slopes are marked in part by rock outcroppings. With 875 m above sea level. M. is in the Forêt de la Joux reached the highest elevation of Meussia.
Neighboring communities of Meussia are Thoiria and Châtel- de -Joux in the north, Étival in the east, Moirans -en- Montagne, Crenans and Charchilla in the south and Maisod and Coyron in the West.
History
The territory of Meussia been inhabited since the Gallo- Roman period. First mentioned is the place in the 9th century under the name Musciacum. In the Middle Ages Meussia formed its own, independent of the Barony of Moirans Kastlanei. The castle was destroyed in 1637 by French troops. Together with the Franche -Comté Meussia came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.
Attractions
The present village church of Meussia was built in the 19th century. Among the natural attractions of the Saut -Girard, a waterfall of Cimante counts.
Population
With 446 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Meussia one of the small towns in the Jura. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the range of approximately 240 people, a significant population increase was recorded during the 1970s. Since then, the population has declined slightly again.
Economy and infrastructure
Meussia was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by farming village. In addition, there are now a number of companies of small and medium industries, including a company of plastics processing. 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 has good transport links. It is located near the main road D470 which leads from Lons -le- Saunier to Saint -Claude. Further road links exist with Clairvaux- les -Lacs and Étival.
Chancia | Charchilla | Châtel- de -Joux | Coyron | Crenans | Les Crozets | Étival | Jeurre | Lect | Maisod | Martigna | Meussia | Moirans -en- Montagne | Montcusel | Pratz | Villard - d'Héria
- Commune in the department of Jura
- Place in Franche -Comté