Vernierfontaine

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

Geography

Vernierfontaine is located on 724 m above sea level, 6 km southwest of Valdahon and about 25 km southeast of the city of Besançon (air line). The village is located in the Jura, a scenic location on a gently sloping hillside to the north on the plateau of Valdahon, called the first plateau of the Jura Mountains, northeast of the valley system of the Loue.

The area of ​​13.28 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The entire area is occupied by only weakly in relief plateau Valdahon, which is on average 700 m. It is predominantly of arable and meadow land, partly also passed by forest and rises to the southeast slightly. At the height of Vernierfontaine the highest point of the municipality is achieved with 769 m. The plateau has no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. To the west, the municipality's area extends into the forest area of ​​the Bois de la Bouhard.

Neighboring communities of Vernierfontaine are Fallerans in the north, Étray and Nods to the east, and Chasnans Lavans- Vuillafans in the south and Voires and Guyans - Durnes in the West.

History

Is first mentioned Vernierfontaine already in the 9th century. In the Middle Ages the Church and the majority of the village to the monastery Mouthier included. Together with the Franche -Comté Vernierfontaine came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. Since 1998 Vernierfontaine is a member of the 44- villages municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays de Pierre Fontaine - Vercel.

On 1 January 2009, the district membership of the community has changed. So far, belonging to the district Besançon, all municipalities in the canton came to the district Pontarlier.

Attractions

The church of Saint -André was erected in 1868 on the site of a previous medieval building. The bell tower was equipped with a high onion dome, measuring 63 m. When necessary repair work in 1911 but was reduced to its present size. In the village are farmhouses are preserved in the characteristic style of the Franche -Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Population

With 431 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) is Vernierfontaine to the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1891 504 persons were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1970s.

Economy and infrastructure

Vernierfontaine was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) 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 commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village has good transport links. It is located near the main road N57, which runs from Besancon to Pontarlier. Further road links exist with Valdahon, Étray, Chasnans and Guyans - Durnes.