Seloncourt

French commune
nomcommune=Seloncourt


x=220
y=113
lat_long=coord|47|27|41|N|6|51|32|E|region:FR_type:city
insee=25539
cp=25230
région=Franche-Comté
département=Doubs
arrondissement=Montbéliard
canton=Hérimoncourt
maire=Irène Tharin
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Pays de Montbéliard
alt mini=330
alt maxi=483 m
km²=7.92
sans=5893
date-sans=
dens=|

Seloncourt is a commune in the Doubs department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Geography

Seloncourt lies 10 km from Montbéliard on the banks of the Gland, which flows into the Doubs River at Audincourt. It is only 10 km from Switzerland.

History

The name of Seloncourt appears for the first time in 1170 in a deed of gift of a meix (House) made by Valner and Damjustin with the Abbey of Belchamp, but certainly existed well before this date. Seloncourt belonged to the Count of Montbéliard since the creation of the fortified city of Montbéliard. It was separated in 1282, to enter, by constitution, in the Seigniory (Lordship) of Blamont until the reintegration of this Seigniory into the Count of Montbéliard and finally in the Canton of Hérimoncourt created by decree May 12, 1898.

Seloncourt was under the rule of the county of Württemberg beginning in 1397. During the province's allegiance to the Württemberg it embraced Lutheranism. In 1588 there were 24 families and 116 inhabitants in Seloncourt. Seloncourt was reattached to France in 1793 after the French Revolution.

Economy

Seloncourt was a center of watchmaking in the 18th and 19th centuries. Firms located here included the Fréres Beurnier.

Demographics

Démographie
1962= 4751
1968= 5308
1975= 5268
1982= 5545
1990= 5613
1999= 5746
2004= 5893
sansdoublescomptes= 1962

Personalities

Seloncourt was the birthplace of:
* George David Coulon, artist
* Henri Fertet (1926–1943)

Twin towns

*Villongo, Italy

ee also

*Communes of the Doubs department

References

* [http://www.routedescommunes.com/departement-25-commune-502.html Seloncourt on the regional Web site] fr icon

External links

* [http://seloncourt.free.fr/ Seloncourt home page]
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/apeelseloncourt/ Seloncourt-Badeval Parish]
* [http://forum.cancoillotte.net/detail.php?forumid=41&id=1999&p=1#6682 Friends of Old Seloncourt]