Saint-Pierre (Jura)

Saint- Pierre is a commune in the French department of Jura in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Saint- Pierre is located at 882 m above sea level. M., about 20 km south of the city Champagnole (air line). The village street lines extending in the Jura, on the vast plateau of Grandvaux, at the edge of the forest heights of the Bois de la Joux Derriere.

The area of 16.37 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The main part of the territory occupied by the plateau of Grandvaux ( average altitude of 880 m. M. ). It shows only slight differences in relief and is mainly composed of meadow and pasture land. The area has no surface watercourses, because the rainwater seeps into the porous limestone substrate. In some wells to bog areas could develop. Characteristic of the plateau are the karst features such as sinkholes and karst fields.

To the west, the municipality's area extends to the elongated and densely wooded slopes of the Bois de la Joux Derriere (on the rave Save 1121 m above sea level. M. ) and the narrow longitudinal sink the Combe de Trémontagne in the Bois des Mouillères in which with 1134 m ü. M. the highest elevation of Saint- Pierre is achieved. The northwestern boundary runs mostly along the creek Dombief, a left tributary of the Lemme. In the extreme north is the small Lac Ratay, nestled in a hollow between the surrounding forest heights. The area of Saint- Pierre is part of the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut- Jura.

At Saint- Pierre addition to the actual site also includes several hamlets, groups of farms and individual farms, including:

Les Dadonnins (901 m above sea level. M. ) on the high plateau of Grandvaux at a crossroads
La Croix de Pierre ( 885 m above sea level. M. ) on the high plateau of Grandvaux
Les Bouvets d' amont (872 m above sea level. M. ) on the high plateau of Grandvaux

Neighboring communities of Saint- Pierre, La Chaux -du- Dombief and La Chaumusse in the north, Saint -Laurent -en- Grandvaux in the East, Grande- Rivière in the south and Saint- Maurice- Crillat in the West.

History

Since the Middle Ages belonged to the Saint-Pierre area of the Abbey of Grandvaux, which was merged in the 14th century with the abbey of Saint -Claude. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. In the 17th century Saint- Pierre was a center of saffron cultivation.

Attractions

The church of Saint -Pierre, built in the 19th century on the site of a chapel from the 17th century.

Population

With 319 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) Saint- Pierre is one of the small towns in the Jura. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 355 persons were still counted ), a significant population increase has been recorded since the mid-1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Saint- Pierre was well into the 20th century, a predominantly coined by agriculture, especially livestock and dairy farming, as well as by the forestry village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises, including a company of production of glasses and a marquetry. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

Although the village is off the major thoroughfares, but transport links thanks to the proximity of main roads N5 ( Champagnole - Morez ) and N78 ( Lons -le- Saunier -Saint -Laurent -en- Grandvaux ) yet well developed. Another road connection with Grande- Rivière.

Commune in the department of Jura
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Saint-Claude Cantons of France Postal codes in France La Chaux-du-Dombief Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux Saint-Claude (Jura) Fort-du-Plasne Lac-des-Rouges-Truites

701615