Val-d'Usiers

Val-d'Usiers
Commune
The town hall in Val-d'Usiers
Location of Val-d'Usiers
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Coordinates: 46°57′47″N6°16′05″E / 46.96306°N 6.26806°E / 46.96306; 6.26806
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Pontarlier
Canton	Ornans
Intercommunality	Altitude 800
Area 1	50.94 km2 (19.67 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2021) [1]	694
• Density	14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	25060 /25520
Elevation	650–922 m (2,133–3,025 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Val-d'Usiers (French pronunciation: [valdyzje] ) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It was established on 1 January 2024, with the merger of the communes of Bians-les-Usiers, Goux-les-Usiers et Sombacour. Its seat is Bians-les-Usiers.

History

A prefectural decree of 27 September 2023 announced the merger of Bians-les-Usiers, Goux-les-Usiers and Sombacour under the new commune of Val d'Usiers on 1 January 2024. ^[2] A new decree of 15 December 2023 made a correction to the name of the municipality which became Val-d'Usiers, albeit with a hyphen. ^[3] The section of the commune of Pissenavache, attached to the old commune of Bians-les-Usiers, also became a section of the new commune. ^[4]

Geography

The new commune of Val-d'Usiers is located in the south of the Doubs department, in the small agricultural region of the upper Jura plateaus. ^{[5] [6]} It is located 36.7 km (22.8 mi) from Besançon, the prefecture of the department, 9 km (5.6 mi) from the sub-prefecture Pontarlier, and 18.8 km (11.7 mi) from Ornans, capital of the canton of Ornans, in which Val-d'Usiers has depended on since its creation. ^[7] The commune is also part of the Pontarlier living area. The closest communes are Évillers (4.5 km), Ouhans (4.5 km), Vuillecin (5.3 km), Chaffois (5.5 km), Septfontaines (6.6 km), Dommartin (6 .7 km), Houtaud (6.7 km), Bugny (7.3 km) and Chapelle-d'Huin (8.4 km). ^[7]

Geology and relief

The area of Val-d'Usiers is 50.94 km² (19.67 sq mi). ^[8] The altitude of the commune varies from 650 m (2,130 ft) to 922 m (3,025 ft). ^[9]

See also

• Communes of the Doubs department

References

1. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
2. "Recueil des actes administratifs n°25-2023-136 du département du Doubs publié le 27 septembre 2023" (pdf).
3. "Recueil des Actes Administratifs du Doubs N°25-2023-172 du 15 décembre 2023" (pdf).
4. "Section de commune de Pissenavache". annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
5. "Petites régions agricoles (PRA) par commune". geo.data.gouv.fr. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
6. "Les petites régions agricoles dans le département du Doubs" (PDF). doubs.gouv.fr. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
7. "Distance à vol d'oiseau entre Val d'Usiers et des communes de Doubs". voldoiseau.com. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
8. "Répertoire géographique des communes". Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière.
9. Geographical directory of municipalities (RGC) 2015. In 2016, the RGC was replaced by the Admin Express database which now only includes the average altitude of the municipality, the minimum and maximum altitudes can be found by a geographic information system.