Vellescot

French commune
nomcommune=Vellescot


x=223
y=111
lat_long=coord|47|34|24|N|7|00|52|E|region:FR_type:city
insee=90101
cp=90100
région=Franche-Comté
département=Territoire de Belfort
arrondissement=Belfort
canton=Grandvillars
maire= Jean-Claude Bourouh [http://www.cc-bassin-bourbeuse.fr/commune/vellescot.htm Vellescot] in Communauté de communes du bassin de la Bourbeuse.]
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=CdC du Bassin de la Bourbeuse
sans=164
date-sans=1999
area=3.55
dens=46.2|

Vellescot is a commune of the Territoire de Belfort "département" belonging to the canton of Grandvillars.

Demographics

In 1999, the village had 164 inhabitants; there were 180 in 1803.

Geography

The village is located on the secondary road departementale D13 which connects Belfort to Suarce and 16 km from Belfort. Primarily agricultural, it is surrounded by forests and ponds whose formation is supported by the impermeable clay soil.

History

At the Gallo-Roman time, a minor road connecting Delle with Froidefontaine crossed Boron and Vellescot. A section of a hundred meters length was updated about 1851. The first mention of the name of "Vellecort" is in the charter of equipment of the priory of Froidefontaine on March 8, 1105. The village then formed part of the town hall and the parish of Grosne and returned in 1125 to Frederic, 1e comte de Ferrette. For the Austrian period, which extends from the middle of the 14th to the middle of the 16th century, the name of the village was Germanized to "Hanendorf".Before the Second World War circulated, between Belfort and Réchésy a railroad of local interest with metric gauge track which crossed Grosne, Vellescot and Suarce.

ee also

*Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department

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References

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=90101&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&quelcas=LISTE Vellescot in INSEE website]
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&lng_id=EN&CommuneId=80864 Vellescot in IGN website]