Bonnefontaine

French commune
nomcommune=Bonnefontaine


caption=


x=200
y=133
lat_long=coord|46|43|45|N|5|44|51|E|region:FR_type:city
région=Franche-Comté
département=Jura
arrondissement=Lons-le-Saunier
canton=Poligny
insee=39065
cp=39800
maire=Pierre Barisaux
mandat=
intercomm=Premier Plateau
alt moy=580 m
alt mini=534 m
alt maxi=745 m
hectares=880
km²=8.8
sans=84
date-sans=1999
dens=9
date-dens=1999

Bonnefontaine is a French village, located in the "département" of Jura and the Franche-Comté "région".

Geography

Bonnefontaine is a little village in Jura of 86 inhabitants (INSEE 1999). It is located in the core of the first plateau of Jura in edge of the "Côte de l'Heute" to 580 meters of altitude. In addition to its center, the village includes a hamlet : "Le Patouillet". There used to be another one, "La Vermillère", but this locality is currently uninhabited. The local agriculture is traditionally turned towards dairy breeding used for the manufacture of a regional cheese, the Comté.

History

Until 1897, the name of the village udes to be "Les Faisses" (similar to "fesses" : buttocks, in French). On that date, this name, considered as defamatory was replaced by "Bonnefontaine", in reference to the three stone fountains of the village.

Administration

Demography

Monuments

Several remarkable monuments deserve to be mentioned : three fountains; a beautiful church of the 15th century with a lava roof; a mansion with a tower and a stone turret; and a convent of Dominican sisters whose garden is registered with the pre-inventory of the historic buildings. Moreover, the old chalet (co-operative cheese dairy) was turned into the "Maison du Premier plateau" which shelters the seat of the Community of the "Communauté de Communes du Premier Plateau", a tourist information center and a showroom.

Economy

Three companies are situated in Bonnefontaine : a sheep-fold, a tablettery and a farm located at the "Patouillet", hamlet being with less than 500 meters of the village.

Gallery

ee also

* Communes of the Jura département

External links

* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=38694 Bonnefontaine sur le site de l'Institut Géographique National]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=39065&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Bonnefontaine sur le site de l'Insee]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Bonnefontaine Bonnefontaine sur le site du Quid]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatProximiteCoord.php?RadLat1=0.815577815090392&RadLong1=0.100312798763771 Communes les plus proches de Bonnefontaine]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=390065 Localisation de Bonnefontaine sur une carte de France]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=46.7291666666667&longitude=5.7475&zoom=8 Plan de Bonnefontaine sur Mapquest]
* [http://histoiresdefamille.site.voila.fr/bonnefontaine.html Bonnefontaine sur site perso d'un généalogiste]
* [http://www.cc-premierplateau.fr/rub.php?id=1 Site de la Communauté de communes du Premier Plateau]