Vandoncourt

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

Geography

Vandoncourt is located on 418 m above sea level, about nine kilometers east-southeast of the town of Montbéliard (air line). The village is located southeast of the Bay of Montbéliard, in a wide depression, which opens west to the valley of England, in the northern foothills of the Jura Mountains at the foot of the plateau of Abbévillers.

The area of 8.57 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the northern French Jura. The central part of the area occupied by the wide valley of Vandoncourt, which gradually descends to the valley to the west of England ( tributary of the Doubs). Through a hill it is separated from the northern basin of Dasle. The valley floor is mostly passed with arable and meadow land. To the southeast the land rises relatively gently but continuously to the high plateau of Abbévillers to that part of the Jura mountains. With 611 m is achieved at the height of Les Hautes Bornes the highest elevation of Vandoncourt. The forest slopes of the Forêt Hollard is subdivided by several Taleinschnitte, including the Combe Peugeot.

Neighboring communities of Vandoncourt are Dasle in the north, Montbouton and Croix in the east, and Abbévillers Hérimoncourt in the south and Seloncourt in the West.

History

The first mention of Vandoncourt took place in 1188th Since the Middle Ages the village belonged to the rule Blamont, which was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Montbéliard. The ecclesiastical jurisdiction has held the monastery Belchamp. In 1282, the rule Blamont went from Montbéliard in the possession of the Lords of Neuchâtel on. After Vandoncourt was 1506 again came under the suzerainty of the Count of Montbeliard, 1541 the Reformation was introduced. As part of the rule Blamont, which formed one of the four gentlemen of the Principality of Montbéliard and was annexed in 1699 by France, Vandoncourt 1748 came contractually finally to France. Today, the village is part of the community association Communauté d' AgglomÃ du Pays de Montbéliard.

Attractions

The village church was rebuilt in 1769. It is now used by Catholics and Protestants. Among the natural attractions of the region include the Pont Sarrazin called Natural Bridge ( limestone ) in a valley cut into the Forêt Hollard.

Population

With 837 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Vandoncourt one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased at the beginning of the 20th century (1901 723 people were still counting ) were carried out long time a period of stagnation before from about 1960 again began a slight population growth. Since 2000, a significant increase in population was recorded.

Economy and infrastructure

Was Vandoncourt 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 do their work in the agglomeration Montbéliard.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Seloncourt after Beaucourt. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about nine miles. Further road links exist with Hérimoncourt and Dasle.

Municipality in the department of Doubs
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Cantons of France Postal codes in France Doubs (river) Tabel Jura Croix (Territoire de Belfort) Voujeaucourt Protestant Reformation A36 autoroute Autechaux-Roide Glay (Doubs)

798510