Saint-Antoine (Doubs)
Saint -Antoine is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Saint -Antoine is located at 958 m above sea level, about 14 km south of the town of Pontarlier (air line). The village is located in the Jura, in a basin in the eastern part of the longitudinal cavity of the Haut-Doubs, at the northern foot of the Morond, near the border with Switzerland.
The area of 4.51 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The southern boundary runs along the Rouge Bief, which meanders through a wide Talniederung and the area drained to the southwest along the Doubs. In the basin of Saint -Antoine, he takes from the north, the Bief Bleu. From Rouge Bief, the municipality's area extends northward into the basin of Saint -Antoine and the adjacent slope to the partly forested, partly lined with pasture height of the Fort de Saint- Antoine, on with 1104 m reached the highest point of Saint -Antoine will. This ridge separates the basin from the northern Lac de Saint-Point.
Neighboring municipalities of Saint -Antoine Malbuisson are in the north, Touillon -et- Loutelet in the east, Métabief, Longevilles -Mont- d'Or and Fourcatier -et- Maison- Neuve in the south and Labergement -Sainte -Marie in the West.
History
The area of Saint -Antoine was cleared in the 12th century by the monks of the monastery of Mont -Sainte -Marie and reclaimed. A chapel dedicated to St. Anthony, 1309 is first mentioned; the village was still called Rougebief. Since the Middle Ages belonged to the monastery of Saint -Antoine reign of Mont -Sainte -Marie. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. Since 1999, Saint -Antoine is a member of the comprehensive 19 villages municipal association Communauté de communes du Mont d' Or et des Deux Lacs.
Attractions
The parish church of Saint -Antoine was built in the mid 16th century in the Gothic style forms. The three-nave church with a rectangular chancel has a major altarpiece made of wood with carved sculptures. At the height north of the village, the Fort Lucotte is (also Fort de Saint -Antoine '), which was built from 1879 to 1882 and now serves as a reservoir for the maturation of cheeses.
Population
With 318 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Saint -Antoine is one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 355 persons were still counted ), a significant population increase has been recorded since the early 1970s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Saint -Antoine has long been a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially dairy farming and livestock village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises, including a cheese factory, a sawmill and a few shops of retail. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who do their work in the larger towns in the area and across the border in Switzerland.
Since the 1960s, when the area was expanded to Morond and Mont d' Or is a major winter sports area of the French Jura, also benefited Saint -Antoine from tourism.
The village is traffic- technically quite well developed. It is located at the intersection of roads leading from Pontarlier to Roche Jean and Les Hôpitaux - Neufs after Labergement -Sainte -Marie. Another road connection with Métabief.