Petite-Chaux

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

Geography

Petite- Chaux is located at 985 m above sea level, about 28 km southwest of the town of Pontarlier (air line). The village street lines extending in the Jura, in the longitudinal recess of the Val de Mouthe on the northern side of the valley, between the heights of the Bois de Ban in the north and the Risoux in the south, near the border with Switzerland.

The area of 9.81 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The landscape is characterized by parallel ridges and terrain longitudinal troughs, which are oriented in the southwest-northeast, according to the strike of the Jura Mountains in the region. The central part of the area is occupied by a 1 km wide longitudinal trough which forms a syncline in geological- tectonic terms. The area is drained by the Cébriot northeast to Doubs.

On its north-west side, the longitudinal recess of the Val de Mouthe of the wooded height of the Bois de Ban is flanked ( 1,095 m ). With a narrow strip, the municipality's area extends south into the partly forested, partly covered with pasture area of Risoux, on the 1280 m the highest peak of Petite- Chaux is achieved. There are no surface watercourses, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground.

At Petite- Chaux, the hamlet Vuillet include ( 992 m) in the north of the Val de Mouthe Cébriot as well as numerous individual farms. Neighboring communities of Petite- Chaux are Le Crouzet and Reculfoz in the north, the east, and Mouthe Chaux -Neuve in the south and west.

History

The area around Petite- Chaux was cleared in the 12th century and brought under cultivation. The actual settlement was granted in the course of the 14th century. In the Middle Ages Petite- Chaux belonged to the rule Mouthe. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. Due to a devastating fire in 1976 six houses, including the Musée de la Maison de Pleine Air, destroyed. Today Petite- Chaux is a member of the comprehensive 13 villages municipal association Communauté de communes des Hauts du Doubs.

Attractions

The village chapel was built in 1681 and fully restored in the late 20th century.

Population

With 146 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Petite- Chaux is one of the smallest municipalities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1891 214 persons were still counted ), a population growth was recorded since the early 1980s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Petite- Chaux 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 today some of the local small business enterprises, including one company of watchmaking. Some employed persons are also commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares of the secondary road D437, which runs from Saint -Laurent -en- Grandvaux to Pontarlier.

Municipality in the department of Doubs
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Pontarlier Cantons of France Postal codes in France Doubs (river) Chaux-Neuve Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux Bonnevaux (Doubs) Brey-et-Maison-du-Bois Chapelle-des-Bois Saint-Antoine (Doubs)

645053