Mournans-Charbonny
Mournans - Charbonny is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Mournans - Charbonny is located on 805 m above sea level. M., about 8 km northeast of the city Champagnole (air line). The double municipality extends in the Jura, on the vast plateau that connects the north-west to the Val de Mièges, south of the Forêt de la Joux.
The area of 5.06 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. Almost the entire area is occupied by a plateau, the average at 800 m above sea level. M. lies. It has only minor differences in relief and is mostly covered by meadows and pastures. The area is drained by the Ruisseau de Combe Sandon south to Ain. To the west, the municipality's area extends over the plateau up to the top of the steep drop to the valley of Les Nans. With 836 m above sea level. M. is achieved at the level at Mournans the highest elevation of Mournans - Charbonny. With a narrow edge of the municipality sufficient ground to the southwest in the valleys of the Londaine and its tributaries in the area of cluse d' Entreporte.
The municipality consists of the two districts Mournans (805 m above sea level. M. ) and Charbonny ( 788 m above sea level. M. ), both located on the high plateau. Neighboring communities of Mournans - Charbonny are Onglières in the north, the east Doye, Charency and Lent in the south and Équevillon and Les Nans in the West.
History
Several findings indicate that the municipality of Mournans - Charbonny been inhabited since prehistoric times and during the Gallo-Roman times ( remains of a Roman road traffic ). Be mentioned in a document Morinaim the castle and manor Charbonny in the 13th century. The castle was destroyed in 1480 by French troops. In the 17th century the population had to suffer from severe plague epidemics. Together with the Franche -Comté and came Mournans Charbonny with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. The two villages merged in 1826 to today's double municipality Mournans - Charbonny.
Attractions
From the medieval castle are only a few remnants still visible.
Population
With 89 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Mournans - Charbonny one of the smallest towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1891 158 people were still counted ), a slight increase in population was recorded since the early 1970s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Mournans - Charbonny was until well into the 20th century a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially livestock and dairy farming, as well as by the forestry village. Even today, the inhabitants live on the merits of the activity in the first sector. Outside of the primary sector, there are few jobs in the village. Some employed persons are also commuters who engage in the surrounding larger towns of their work.
The village is traffic- technically quite well developed. Charbonny is on the main road D471 which leads from Champagnole to Pontarlier. Further road links exist with Les Nans, Charency, Mièges and Doye.
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