Mignovillard

Mignovillard is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Mignovillard is located 860 meters above sea level. M., 17 km east-northeast of the city Champagnole (air line). The scattered village extends in the Jura, on a broad plateau between the Val de Mièges and the Jura mountains of Haute Joux.

The area of ​​49.81 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The northern part of the area is occupied by a plateau, the average 860 meters above sea level. M. lies. It has only very small differences in relief and is mainly of meadow and pasture land in the eastern part is mostly covered by forests. In the far west the streams Ruisseau du Martinet and Ruisseau d' Essavilly provide for drainage to the Serpentine and thus to Ain. Otherwise, the entire plateau has no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. In some wells, which are sealed by marl and clay, to raised bogs and individual Moorweiher could develop.

To the southeast the plateau gradually rises. The municipal area extends over the vast grove of Forêt de Mignovillard ( 1105 m above sea level. M. ) to the north-eastern foothills of the chain system of haute Joux. This pathless forest area shows various karst phenomena such as sinkholes, endorheic valleys, karst formations and caves. The highest elevations are reached on the Cret Mathiez Sarrazin ( 1174 m above sea level. M. ) and near the summit of Turchet ( to 1189 m above sea level. M. ).

To Mignovillard addition to the actual site includes several different villages, hamlets and isolated farms, namely:

• Petit- Villard ( 881 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau east of the Val de Mièges
• Froidefontaine ( 852 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau east of the Val de Mièges
• Essavilly (860 m above sea level. M. ) on the plateau near the source of Ruisseau d' Essavilly
• Les Granges du Sillet ( 915 m above sea level. M. ) in a trough in the Forêt de Mignovillard

Neighboring communities of Mignovillard are Communailles -en- Montagne and Bief -du- Fourg in the north, Bonnevaux, Vaux -en- Chantegrue and Remoray - Boujeons in the east, Rondefontaine, Les Pontets and Cerniébaud in the south and La Latette, Longcochon and Molpré in the West.

History

Is first mentioned in the 13th century Mignovillard. In the Middle Ages, the town belonged to the rule Nozeroy. In 1639, the village of troops of Duke Bernhard of Saxe- Weimar was sacked. Together with the Franche -Comté Mignovillard came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. After Mignovillard in 1965 merged with Petit- Villard, the new municipality was named Mignovillard Petit Villard. Since the merging of Essavilly Froidefontaine and in 1972 the large village called Mignovillard again.

Attractions

The parish church of Mignovillard was built in the 16th century in the late Gothic style. Reconstructions of the ship were made in the 18th century. In-room amenities include wooden carvings and statues from the 15th century. Originally built in the 12th century, comes the Church of Froidefontaine, redesigned in the 17th century. The stone crossroads of Froidefontaine was built in the 15th century. In Essavilly is a chapel from the 18th century, while the chapel of Petit- Villard dates from the 16th century.

Population

With 719 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Mignovillard one of the small towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century, only small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1980s.

Economy and infrastructure

Mignovillard 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 now a number of companies of small businesses, including a sawmill and a company that makes watches accessories. Some employed persons are also commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

In winter Mignovillard benefited from tourism, if it can be operated on the high plateau skiing.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Nozeroy after Bonnevaux. Further road links exist with Bief -du- Fourg, Fraroz and Mouthe.

Arsure- Arsurette | Bief -du- Fourg | Billecul | Censeau | Cerniébaud | Charency | Communailles -en- Montagne | Conte | Cuvier | Doye | Esserval -Combe | Esserval - Tartre | La Favière | Fraroz | Gillois | La Latette | Longcochon | Mièges | Mignovillard | Molpré | Mournans - Charbonny | Nozeroy | Onglières | Plénise | Plénisette | Rix

• Commune in the department of Jura
• Place in Franche -Comté