Morre

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

Geography

Morre is on 340 m, approximately 3 km east-southeast of the city of Besançon ( straight line ). The village is located in the western Jura in the valley section of the Val d' Enfer south of Doubstals, surrounded by the heights of the Jura - edge chain ( Cote ).

The area of ​​5.27 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the western French Jura. The northern part of the area has greater differences in relief and is occupied by the Val d' Enfer. This valley is deepened in the Jura - edge chain, which forms an anticline of the Jura Mountains in geological- tectonic terms. It opens north to the Doubs Valley, where the municipality spell reaches down at one point to the river. Flanked the Val d' Enfer in the west of Mont des Buis ( 465 m ) in the east of the height of Montfaucon. On the Côte is the highest elevation of Morre is achieved with 490 m. To the south, the municipality's area over the pass Trou du Loup (440 m) extends to the level of the so-called first Jura plateau, which is on average 380 m. Here, Morre share of the vast wetland Marais de Saône.

For Morre heard the hamlet of La Couvre (385 m) at the southern foot of the Jura chain border on the edge of the Marais de Saône. Neighboring communities of Morre are Montfaucon in the north, Saône in the east, La Vèze and Fontain in the south and Besancon in the West.

History

Through the municipal area of ​​Morre led the Roman trade route from Vesontio (Besançon ) over the Jura to the Swiss Mittelland. Remains are still visible today. The place name probably derives from Maiodurum ( large gate ) and mayorre (rock ). In the Middle Ages Morre was under the rule of Montfaucon. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France.

Attractions

On the crest of Mont des Buis are the chapel of Notre -Dame de Libération and a fort was built in the late 19th century as part of the fortification system at Besançon.

Population

With 1373 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Morre is one of the smaller communities of the department of Doubs. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the area of ​​300-390 people, a striking population growth was recorded in the 1960s and 70s. The population had quadrupled in that time. After a slight decline in population was observed before again began to grow in recent years.

Economy and infrastructure

Morre 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. Morre is the site of the Rural Institute d'éducation et d'orientation ( IREO ). Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who engage in the agglomeration Besançon their work.

The village has good transport links. It lies on the main road N57, which runs from Besançon over the pass of the Trou du Loup to Pontarlier. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 11 km. Further road links exist with Montfaucon and Fontain.