Thise
Thise is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Thise is located at 275 m, about 7 km northeast of the city of Besançon (air line). The largest suburban town of Besançon in the Doubs Valley extends, in a slightly elevated position in a hollow on the northern edge of the valley, on the edge of the Forêt de Chailluz and on the northwestern edge of the Jura.
The area of 8.93 km ² municipal area comprises a portion of Doubstals. The southern boundary runs along the Doubs, the multi-turn here flows through a maximum of 2 kilometers wide, flat Talniederung to the southwest and is accompanied by the Rhone-Rhine Canal. From the river, the municipality's area extends north across the wide flood plain and the adjacent, 50 to 80 m high terrain level, in which the hollow of Thise is sunk, up to the high plateau. This averages to 320 m and is surrounded by a vast forest ( Forêt de Chailluz and Bois de Sassy ) covered. With 422 m is reached on a ridge of the Bois de Sassy in the extreme northeast of the area is the highest elevation of thise.
Neighboring communities of Thise are Braillans and Marchaux in the north, and Amagney Roche- lez -Beaupré in the east, and Chalèze Chalezeule in the south and Besancon in the West.
History
Various finds ( wall foundations, ceramics and bricks ) point out that the municipality of Thise was already inhabited during the Roman period. The first mention in writing Thise in 1090 under the name tysia. Over time, the spelling on Tisse, Thyze Tize and walked to the present Thise ( 1652). Already in 1119 a church in Thise is documentary evidence. Since 1140 Thise was the center of a dominion, which lasted until the late 14th century and was under the suzerainty of the Lords of Montfaucon. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France.
Attractions
The present church of Saint- Hilaire -de- Poitiers was built in 1827. In the village you will find, among other things, a seat of power in the 18th century and a farm from the 16th century.
Population
With 3168 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Thise is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the department of Doubs. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the area of 350-440 people, a striking population growth was recorded since the early 1960s. Since then, the population has more than quintupled. The settlement area, which extends along the northern slope of the valley of the sun-exposed Doubs, is now conjoined with that of Besançon.
Economy and infrastructure
Thise until the 20th century, a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Since the 1950s, the village on the main road on the outskirts of Besançon located west developed a commercial and industrial zone, which is divided with its approximately 100 hectares in the municipalities of Thise, Besançon and Chalezeule. On the floor of thise numerous companies in the industry have established micro-engineering, metallurgy, electronics and transportation industries. There are also several commercial and logistics companies as well as various operations of retail. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who engage in the agglomeration Besançon their work.
The village has good transport links. It is located near the main road N83, which runs from Besançon to Montbéliard. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 9 km. Further road links exist with Chalèze, Chalezeule and Marchaux. The airfield Besançon - Thise was established in 1933 in the valley of the Doubs below Thise.
Partnerships
Since 1988 Thise maintains a community partnership with Partenstein in the German state of Bavaria.