Rémondans-Vaivre

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

Geography

Rémondans -Vaivre is located on 415 m, 4 km west of Pont -de- Roide and approximately 16 km south-southwest of the town of Montbéliard (air line). The double municipality extends in a valley widening the Ranceuse, at the northern foot of the Lomont in the northern French Jura.

The area of ​​9.19 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The main part of the area occupied by the basin of the Ranceuse, which has a width of 1 km and a length of about 3 km. The Ranceuse, which is fed by various short side streams, ensures the drainage east to the Doubs. Both in the north and in the south the agricultural basin is surrounded by steep hills, crowned at its upper edge at different locations of a resistant Kalkfelsband. To the north is the Tabular Jura plateau of Goux -les- Dambelin with the Bois du Fallot ( 544 m) and in the north- east, the height of the Grands Bois ( to 545 m). To the south, the municipality's area covers over a densely wooded hillside to the crest of the Montagne du Lomont in the area of the summit of Mont Solemont. This forms in geological- tectonic ways a anticline Jura Mountains and is oriented according to the strike of the mountain range in the region in the direction west-east. With 772 m is reached on the crest of Lomont the highest elevation of Rémondans -Vaivre.

Rémondans -Vaivre consists of several districts, namely:

• Rémondans (415 m) on the southern edge of the valley basin at the foot of the Ranceuse Lomont
• Vaivre (415 m) on the southern edge of the valley basin at the foot of the Ranceuse Lomont
• Mauchamps (490 m ) on a headland on the northern flank of the Ranceuse

Neighboring communities of Rémondans -Vaivre are Goux -les- Dambelin and Écot in the north, Pont -de- Roide and Neuchâtel- Urtière in the east, the south and Solemont Dambelin in the West.

History

Remains of a prehistoric settlement site indicate a very early settlement of the municipality of Rémondans -Vaivre. The Valley of Ranceuse was probably made ​​and settled first cultivated in the 7th or 8th century. In the Middle Ages belonged Rémondans and Vaivre to rule Neuchâtel. Together with the Franche -Comté reached both villages with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. In 1976, the merger of two previously independent municipalities Rémondans and Vaivre to today's double church was completed.

Population

With 230 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Rémondans -Vaivre is one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the area between 90 and 130 people, a significant population growth was recorded particularly during the 1970s and 80s.

Economy and infrastructure

Rémondans -Vaivre was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. In a commercial and industrial zone in Valley of Ranceuse, clearly separated from the two villages, several companies in the wood processing ( sawmill, joinery, furniture making) and of metal construction have settled. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the larger towns in the area and agglomeration in Montbéliard.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Pont -de- Roide after Clerval. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 15 km. Another road connection with Dambelin.