Trévillers
Trévillers is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Trévillers is located on 773 m, 6 km northeast of Maîche and about 26 km south of the town of Montbéliard (air line). The village is located in the Jura, in the north -east of the vast plateau of Maîche, which is bordered by the deep valley of the Doubs.
The area of 10.74 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The main part of the area is occupied by the weakly in relief plateau Maîche, which is on average 800 m. It is mainly consisted of meadow and pasture land, but also shows some larger forest areas. The plateau has no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. North east and north of the village take several dry valleys its beginning, the topography in the catchment of Charbonney ( short side of the river Doubs) lie. In a small valley east of Trévillers are the two ponds Étangs du Bois du Roy. To the east, the municipality's area covers over the forests of Derrière Vernois and Sarmin ( 881 m) up to the height Les Saussiers, on the 920 meters, the highest elevation is achieved by Trévillers.
To Trévillers include the hamlet of Le Moulin (760 m) on the plateau northeast of the village as well as various homesteads. Neighboring communities of Trévillers are Montandon and Les Plains- et- Grands- Essarts in the north, Fessevillers in the east, Ferrieres -le- Lac and Damprichard in the south and Thiébouhans in the West.
History
In the Middle Ages Trévillers belonged to the territory of the county of La Roche Saint -Hippolyte. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. A better transport links was the village in 1905 with the opening of the narrow gauge railway (Le Tacot ), the wrong Morteau via Maîche until after Trévillers. The operation of this railway line, however, was set in 1952.
Attractions
The village church of Trévillers has a Gothic choir, while the ship was rebuilt in the 18th century. From 1610, the country chapel Chapelle du Mont comes The Municipal House ( Mairie ) was built in 1874. In the center a few farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved in the characteristic style of the Franche -Comté.
Population
With 473 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Trévillers 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 538 persons were still counted ), a population growth was recorded since the early 1980s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Trévillers was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture ( livestock and dairy farming ) and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are now a number of companies of small businesses, mainly in wood processing and the production of cheese. Many workers are also commuters who engage in the surrounding larger towns of their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road, leading from Maîche after Goumois. Further road links exist with Damprichard, Les Plains- et- Grands- Essarts and Montandon.
Battenans - Varin | Belfays | Belleherbe | Les Bréseux | Cernay- l'Église | Charmauvillers | Charmoille | Charquemont | Cour -Saint -Maurice | Damprichard | Les Écorces | Ferrieres -le- Lac | Fessevillers | Fournet -Blanche Roche | Frambouhans | Goumois | La Grange | Maîche | Mancenans- Lizerne | Mont -de- Vougney | Orgeans -Blanche Fontaine | Provenchère | Thiébouhans | Trévillers | Urtière | Vaucluse | Vauclusotte
- Municipality in the department of Doubs
- Place in Franche -Comté