Uzelle

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

Geography

Uzelle is located on 399 m above sea level, 14 km north-northeast of Baume- les -Dames and about 28 km west of the town of Montbéliard (air line). The village extends into cavity location on the gently undulating plateau between the river valleys of Doubs and Ognon, on the southwestern edge of the heights of the Grands Bois.

The area of 11.75 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the undulating countryside between Doubs and Ognon. The central part of the area occupied by the wide opening of Uzelle, which is on average 380 m. It is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land. Uzelle is traversed by a current flowing from north to south creek. The source in the center of the village gets its water from the distant Vosges and served as the basis for the first settlement. As a karst spring the water enters the basin southeast of Uzelle in a funnel-shaped pot source revealed, however, seeps after a few kilometers run again in the underground. Is flanked by the well Uzelle in the south of the heights of the Bois du Chardenoi ( to 440 m ) in the north from those of the Grands Bois, which is a wooded area. Here the highest elevation of Uzelle is achieved with 467 m. To the west, the municipality's area extends to the ridge of Nans (440 m), which offers a beautiful view of the Talniederung Ognon.

Neighboring communities of Uzelle are Cubry and Abbenans in the north, Bournois in the east, Gondenans - Montby and Fontenelle - Montby in the south and Nans in the West.

History

On the hill above the village Chouard the remains of a Celtic fortification of the Sequani, who settled in the Franche- Comté region long before the time of Caesar found. Also Celtic burial mounds, which are thus older than the La Tène period, can be isolated discover Uzelle. In the village there should have been a Celtic source sanctuary, whose remains lie hidden presumably under the walls of the small manor house.

Uzelle got its name probably in the 7th century by pulling Thuringians, who settled here. They were broken up on the way back to her old Thuringian settled region of northern Italy, where they - along with the Lombards - to conquer a separate kingdom examined what had been but denied them by the victorious and superior Lombards. The name comes from the Celtic Uzelle not UCHs what " dominant " means, but from the Low German Hus (House), diminutive " Hüsel ". On the so-called Burgundy cemetery in the village was found in 1856 sarcophagi with very large skeletons (more than 1.80 meters), which had been settled Germanic grave goods: amber jewelery or Scramasax, making these graves clearly not attributable to the Frankish, Burgundian, or even Celtic culture are. In the archaeological museum of Besancon, the visitor can still find a bronze bust of " Dame d' Uzelle ".

In the Middle Ages Uzelle belonged successively to the dominions Montby, Granges and Villersexel. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. During the French Revolution the last nobles, Dunod de Charnage, along with his belongings and mistress Uzelle and fled to the nearby Switzerland. Left The mansion was later bequeathed to an officer of Napoleon's army in Russia, after it came into the possession of the chief judge of Baume- les -Dames. 1906 bought a farmer named Prédine the estate, including 70 acres of land, whose great-grandson still lives on the same property in the former gardener's house. Today Uzelle is a member of the Association of Municipalities Communauté de communes du Pays de Rougemont.

Attractions

The church of Saint - Bénigne was built from 1831 to 1832 on the site of an earlier church. The country chapel at the height west of the village was built in 1855 in honor of the Virgin Mary, after Uzelle had been spared from the raging in the neighboring communities of cholera. The Grange de Vaureuge was formerly a priory, which was of the Lieucroissant monastery dependent.

Population

With 159 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) is Uzelle to the small communities of the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 526 persons were still counted ), only relatively small variations have since been recorded.

Economy and infrastructure

Uzelle was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore 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 that leads from Rougemont to L' Isle- sur -le- Doubs. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 13 km. Further road links exist with Cubry, Fontenelle - Montby and Montby.

Municipality in the department of Doubs
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Cantons of France Postal codes in France Baume-les-Dames Doubs (river) Ognon (Franche-Comté) Gondenans-Montby Fontenelle-Montby Nans (Doubs) A36 autoroute Gondenans-les-Moulins Montagney-Servigney Rognon (Doubs)

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