Onglières
Onglières is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Onglières is located on 820 m above sea level. M., about ten kilometers northeast of the city Champagnole (air line). The farming village extends in the Jura, on the vast plateau that connects north to the Val de Mièges, on the southern edge of the Forêt de la Joux.
The area of 8.99 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. Almost the entire area is occupied by a plateau, the average at 820 m above sea level. M. lies. It has only very small differences in relief and is of meadow and pasture land in the northern part mainly covered by forest. The plateau has no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. In the far eastern municipality floor extends into the valley of the Ruisseau du Gouffre de l' Houle in the Val de Mièges. To the northwest, the municipality's area extends over the plateau in the hilly terrain of the vast forest area of the Forêt de la Joux. At the height of Sauget is 892 m above sea level. M. reached the highest elevation of Onglières. The western boundary runs above the steep drop to the valley of Angillon.
Neighboring communities of Onglières are Chapois in the north, Plénise, Plénisette and Mièges in the east, Doye and Mournans - Charbonny in the south and Les Nans in the West.
History
In the Middle Ages Onglières belonged to the rule of Nozeroy. In 1639 the village was looted and destroyed by the passing troops of Duke Bernhard of Saxe- Weimar. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. Until 1838 Onglières was the site of a major brickworks.
Attractions
The village church of Onglières was built around 1680; 1850 has been completely restored and transformed.
Population
With 73 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Onglières one of the smallest towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 225 people were still counted ), only relatively small fluctuations were recorded since the mid- 1970s.
Economy and infrastructure
Onglières 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. It lies on the main road D471 which leads from Champagnole to Pontarlier. Further road links exist with Doye, Mournans and Andelot -en- Montagne.
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