Villers-Saint-Martin

Villers -Saint -Martin is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Villers -Saint -Martin is located at 350 m, 4 km east-southeast of Baume- les -Dames and about 31 km east-northeast of the city of Besançon ( straight line ). The village is located in the Jura, in a valley between the Jura - edge range in the north and the western foothills of Lomont in the south.

The area of 8.90 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the French Jura. The central part of the area occupied by the valley of Villers, the maximum is 1.5 kilometers wide, about 6 kilometers long and is on average 350 m. It is oriented towards the west southwest- east-northeast, according to the strike of the Jurassic in this region. The area is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land and has no above-ground rivers, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground.

To the north, the area extends to the narrow ridge of the Bois de Babre (512 m), which belongs to the Jura - edge chain. It separates the valley from the north of Villers running Doubs Valley. It is bordered to the west by the ridge of the breakthrough Cusancin and on the east by the transverse valley of the Doubs. In the south, the municipality area extends to the ridge of the Bois du Saussoi, which forms the westernmost foothills of the Lomont. Here the highest elevation of Villers -Saint -Martin is achieved with 520 m.

At Villers -Saint -Martin, besides the actual site also includes several hamlets and isolated farms, including:

Sur la Layenne (360 m) in the western part of the valley of Villers
Sur Plénise (352 m) in the valley of Villers
Plénise (345 m) in the valley of Villers

Neighboring communities of Villers -Saint -Martin are Baume- les -Dames and Hyèvre- Magnin in the north, Lomont -sur- Crête the east, Guillon -les- Bains in the south and Pont- les -Moulins to the west.

History

In the Middle Ages Villers belonged to castellany tree. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France. The community was called until 1922 Villers -le- Sec, before they officially received its present name.

Attractions

The village church of Villers -Saint -Martin was built in the 18th century in classical style.

Population

With 221 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Villers -Saint -Martin is one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (1901 204 persons were still counted ), a population growth was recorded since the mid-1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Villers -Saint -Martin 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. Many workers are also 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 Pont- les -Moulins after Hyèvre- Magny. Further road links exist with Baume- les -Dames and Lomont -sur- Crête.

Municipality in the department of Doubs
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Cantons of France Postal codes in France Baume-les-Dames Doubs (river) Guillon-les-Bains Pont-les-Moulins Bretigney-Notre-Dame Grosbois Saint-Juan Verne (Doubs)

756148