Surmont

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

Geography

Surmont is located on 673 m, 3 km southeast of Sancey -le- Grand and about 29 km south-southwest of the town of Montbéliard (air line). The village is located in the Jura, on a high plateau that stretches between the basin of Sancey ( Vallon de Sancey ) and the ridge of the Côte Noire.

The area of 7.38 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the plateau of Surmont, which is an average of 670 meters. It is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land, but also shows some forest areas. The plateau is bounded on the west by the valley section of the Ruisseau de Voitre, in the north- east of that of the Ruisseau de la Baume. Both valleys are around 100 m deep sunk in the high plateau, the boundary usually runs along the top edge of the escarpment. In between is the outreaching to the northwest edge of the Bois de l' Ouche. To the south, the municipality's area extends over a field range up to the broad ridge of the Côte Noire, separates the plateau from the pelvis by Pierre Fontaine. On the crest of the highest elevation of Surmont is achieved with 793 m.

Neighboring communities of Surmont are Sancey -le- Grand and Sancey -le-Long in the north, Provenchère in the east, the south and Belleherbe Laviron in the West.

History

In the Middle Ages Surmont belonged to the dominion of Belvoir. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.

Attractions

The village church of Sainte -Anne was built in 1848 on the site of a late medieval chapel.

Population

With 130 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Surmont is one of the smallest municipalities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 238 people were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1950s.

Economy and infrastructure

Surmont was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture ( farming, dairy farming and livestock ) embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Many workers are also commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road, leading from Sancey -le- Grand to La Violette. Another road connection with Provenchère.

Municipality in the department of Doubs
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Cantons of France Postal codes in France Sancey-le-Grand Sancey-le-Long Belvoir, Doubs Branne (Doubs) Clerval (Doubs) Crosey-le-Grand Crosey-le-Petit Pompierre-sur-Doubs Rahon (Doubs) Saint-Georges-Armont

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