Sevenans

Sevenans is a town in the French department of Territoire de Belfort in the Franche -Comté. It is home to the University of Technology of Belfort -Montbéliard.

Geography

Sevenans is located on 341 m above the sea, about six kilometers south of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The village is located in the Burgundy gate, on the eastern edge of the broad valley of the Savoureuse opposite of Bermont.

The area of 2.02 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the gently undulating countryside in the Burgundian Gate ( trouée de Belfort ). The western boundary is in the midst of about a kilometer wide valley of Savoureuse that flows with multiple turns to the south and provides drainage for Allan. In the valley there is also the waterway of the Canal de la Haute -Saône, a side branch of the Rhine- Rhone Canal. Several former sand and gravel pits on the valley floor have now been flooded.

From the river, the municipality's area extends eastward across the valley floor, which is on average 340 m, and the slope of Sevenans up on the adjacent plateau. This is broken down by the little valley several short tributaries of Savoureuse. With 372 m is reached on these hills is the highest elevation of Sevenans.

To Sevenans the hamlet Leupe part ( 349 m) in a tributary of the Savoureuse. Neighboring communities of Sevenans are Andelnans in the north, and Meroux moval in the east, and Trévenans Bermont in the South and Doran and Botans in the West.

History

The first mention in writing Sevenans in 1147 in a charter of the Priory Lanthenans. First, standing in the sphere of influence of the Lords of Montbeliard, Sevenans reached the mid 14th century under the suzerainty of the Habsburg dynasty. Together with the Sundgau came the village with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the French crown. Since 1793 Sevenans belonged to the Department of Haut -Rhin, however, remained in 1871 as part of the Territoire de Belfort as opposed to the rest of Alsace in France. With the opening of the tram from Montbéliard to Belfort Sevenans 1913 connected to the network of public transport. The operation on the route in 1940 but abandoned. Since 1998 Sevenans is part of the municipal association Communauté d' AgglomÃ Belfortaine.

Attractions

The Château Saglio was built in 1750, renovated in 2003 and now houses one of the offices of the Technical University of Belfort -Montbéliard. Also worth seeing is the campus belonging leaning tower in modern glass architecture. As other attractions a wayside cross from 1862, the village fountain from the 19th century, and the meetinghouse apply. The Mairie and the school building was built late 19th century to the old chapel of the castle. The chapel was restored and converted into a conference room, the blue glazed windows earned him the name " Mairie bleue ".

Leaning Tower on the university campus
" Mairie bleue "

Population

With 711 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Sevenans is one of the small communities of the department of Territoire de Belfort. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the area of 115-160 people, a strong population growth has been recorded since the early 1980s. Since then, the population has almost quadrupled.

Economy and infrastructure

Sevenans was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) embossed village. Most important employer is now the University of Technology of Belfort -Montbéliard ( Université de technologie de Belfort -Montbéliard, UTBM ), which moved into its location since 1985 in Sevenans and in 2006, having more than 2000 students. In addition, there are various operations of small businesses. Many workers are also commuters who do their work in urban Belfort and Montbéliard.

The village has good transport links. It lies on the main road that leads from Belfort to Montbeliard. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of approximately one kilometer. More inter-regional transport links exist with Vesoul and Delle. With the towns of Belfort Montbéliard Sevenans and is connected by a bus.

Municipality in the department of Territoire de Belfort
Place in Franche -Comté

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