Montfort (Doubs)
Montfort is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Montfort is located at 330 m, south of Quingey, about 23 km south-southwest of the city of Besançon ( straight line ). The village is located in the western Jura, north of the valley of Bief de Caille and east of Loue at the foot of Bois du Fay.
The area of 2.80 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the western French Jura. The western part of the area is occupied by a plateau-like hill at the foot of the Bois du Fay. This hill descends towards the west the wide basin of the Loue, which is framed by the outermost ridges of the Jura. Slightly sunk into this plateau is the trough of the stream Bief de Caille, runs along the southern border. To the east, the municipality's area extends over a steep slope on the wooded ridge of the Bois du Fay, who belongs to a chain of the Jura, the north stretches from Mont Poupet to the flow loop of the Loue. Here is 531 m reaches the highest point of Montfort.
Neighbours of Montfort are Pessans Point and Villers in the north, and Échay Bartherans in the east, Ronchaux and Samson in the south and Brères in the West.
History
Is first mentioned Montfort in the 12th century. In the Middle Ages, the village was the center of a reign. Together with the Franche -Comté it came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.
Attractions
On the hill west of the village are the church and the remains of the former manor house dating from the 12th century. The church was built at the beginning of the 19th century and has a bell tower from 1846 From the former castle are only a few remnants still exist.; today are the buildings of the Medical- Pedagogical Institute at the site. In the village are farmhouses are preserved in the characteristic style of the Franche -Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries.
Population
With 94 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Mont Fort is one of the smallest municipalities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century as a whole ( 1891 138 people were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1970s.
Economy and infrastructure
Montfort was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Mont Fort is the site of a Medical- Pedagogical Institute. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Some of the working population commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares, but is easily accessible from the main road N83, which runs from Besançon Lons -le- Saunier. Further road links exist with muon, Point and Villers Ronchaux.
Arc- et- Senans | Bartherans | Brères | Buffard | By | Cademène | Cessey | Charnay | Châtillon -sur- Lison | Chay | Chenecey- Buillon | Chouzelot | Courcelles | Cussey -sur- Lison | Échay | Épeugney | Fourg | Goux - sous- lands | Lavans- Quingey | Liesle | Lombard | Mesmay | Montfort | Montrond- le -Château | Myon | Palantine | Paroy | Pessans | Point Villers | Quingey | Rennes- sur- Loue | Ronchaux | Rouhe | Rurey | Samson
- Municipality in the department of Doubs
- Place in Franche -Comté