Plancher-les-Mines
Plancher -les -Mines is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Plancher -les -Mines is located at an altitude of 496 m above sea level, about 17 km north- northwest of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The village is located in the extreme east of the department, in the valley of the Rahin, in the southern Vosges between the heights of Belfahy the west and the Planche des Belles Filles in the east.
The area of 25.59 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the landscape in the southern Vosges. The main part of the area is occupied by the valley of the Rahin that is initially cut deep in the Vosges ridges and to open only when Plancher -les -Mines begins. On his run of Rahin absorbs the streams Gouttes of Saules, Ruisseau du Rossely, Grande Goutte and Goutte the Verrues, subdivide their little valley as gullies the slopes. The Rahin provides drainage for Ognon. The entire upper part of the valley is forested.
The municipal boundary runs on both sides of the Rahin Valley on the ridges, branching out from the Ballon d'Alsace to the southwest. West of Rahin are the heights of Le Ballon ( 1057 m) and Plateau de Bravouge ( 1182 m), east of it, the Mont Médard ( 827 m), Planche des Belles Filles ( 1148 m) and balloon de Saint- Antoine ( 1140 m ). In the north the Tête de la Grande Goutte form ( 1114 m) and the Ballon de Servance on which with 1215 m the highest peak of Plancher -les -Mines is reached, the watershed between Rahin ( catchment area of the Rhône) and Mosel ( catchment area of the Rhine ).
In geological- tectonic terms, the valley of the Rahin is filled with alluvial deposits of Tertiary and Quaternary. The heights of the Vosges Massif are constructed predominantly of crystalline bedrock. In several places the steep slopes occur on rocky outcrops, including the Roches des Fees and the Rochers du Laurier. The entire municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges.
At Plancher -les -Mines, the settlement Les Roches part (550 m) at the eastern edge of the valley of the slightly increased Rahin. Neighboring communities of Plancher -les -Mines are Miellin, Haut-du - Them -Château -Lambert and Saint- Maurice- sur -Moselle in the north, Lepuix and Auxelles- skin in the east, Plancher -Bas in the south and face, Servance Belfahy in West.
History
The place name derives from the French word planche, which is to be translated to German with board, plank, in the importance of small wooden footbridge ( from a watercourse ). In the Middle Ages Plancher -les -Mines belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. The local government had occupied the monastery Lure, which had vast forests here, and the rule of Passavant ( Champagney ). In the valley of Rahin there was the former priory of Saint- Antoine -des- Froides -Montagnes. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the place with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France.
For a long time Plancher -les -Mines a district of Plancher -Bas and was then called Plancher - skin before it was raised in the 17th century an independent municipality. Already in 1458 occupied the degradation of high quality silver ore. The mining of silver, iron, molybdenum and lead some in the 17th and 18th centuries, the economic life of the village. In addition, there were two glass factories and metal-working industries of significance. Along the Rahin to trade settled, which was dependent on hydropower (mills, saw mills and tanneries ). Today is Plancher -les -Mines Member of the comprehensive nine localities municipal association Communauté de communes Rahin et Chérimont.
Attractions
The Church of Plancher -les -Mines was built in the 19th century in the Gothic Revival style. It houses a ciborium in the sacristy of silver ( 18th century). From the 19th century, the chapel of Saint- Antoine comes in the valley of Rahin. The Musée de la Fête foraine an exhibition on the fair objects ( including traditional carousel models), postcards, and music boxes. Many buildings date from the second half of the 19th century and the period shortly after 1900, the heyday of the industrial site.
Population
With 1065 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Plancher -les -Mines is one of the medium-sized towns in the Haute- Saône. The previous high with respect to the number of inhabitants reached Plancher -les -Mines in 1911 with 2843 people. Throughout the 20th century a decline in population was recorded.
Economy and infrastructure
The economic life of Plancher -les -Mines was influenced early on by the mining industry, glassworks and metalworking industry. Thanks to its vast forests and the forestry sector has a certain importance. Today in Plancher -les -Mines numerous operations of small and medium enterprises. Among the important industries include metal processing ( foundry Serero ), precision engineering and wood processing. In recent decades, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the agglomeration Belfort -Montbéliard.
The village is situated away from the larger passage axes. The main access is from Plancher -Bas through the valley of Rahin. Another road connection with Mélisey.