Étrabonne () is a commune in the

Doubs Doubs (, ; ; ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.department in the

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in eastern

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Geography

Bordering municipalities

Town planning

Typology

Étrabonne is a rural municipality, because it is part of the municipalities with little or very little density, within the meaning of the municipal density grid of INSEE. In addition, the municipality is part of the attraction area of

Besançon Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capi ...

, of which it is a municipality in the crown. This area, which includes 312 municipalities, is categorized in areas of 200,000 to less than 700,000 inhabitants.

Land use

The zoning of the municipality, as reflected in the database European occupation biophysical soil Corine Land Cover (CLC), is marked by the importance of the agricultural land (73.5% in 2018), a proportion identical to that of 1990 (73.5%). The detailed breakdown in 2018 is as follows: * arable land (44.3%) * forests (26.5%) * meadows (20%) * heterogeneous agricultural areas (9.2%) The IGN also provides an online tool to compare the evolution over time of land use in the municipality (or in territories at different scales). Several eras are accessible as aerial maps or photos: the

Cassini map The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Cas ...

(18^th century), the map of Staff (1820–1866) and the current period (1950 to present).

Toponymy

The place was designated as ''Strabunne'' in 1166; ''Strabona'' in 1223; ''Estrabeigne'' in 1266 and ''Estrabonne'' in 1307.

Policy and Administration

Administrative and electoral attachments

The town is located in the district of Besançon in the department of Doubs. For the election of deputies, it has been part of the first district of Doubs since 1986. Since 1801, it was part of the canton of

Audeux Audeux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It is located about 14 km west of Besançon. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department The following is a list of t ...

. As part of the 2014 cantonal redistribution in France, the town is now attached to the canton of Saint-Vit.

Intercommunality

The municipality was a member of the small community of municipalities of the Val Saint-Vitois, created at the end of 2001. Within the framework of the provisions of the law on the new territorial organization of the Republic (NOTRe Law) of August 7, 2015, which provides that public inter-municipal cooperation establishments (EPCI) with their own taxation must have a minimum of 15,000 inhabitants (and 5,000 inhabitants in mountain areas), the prefecture of Doubs has adopted the new departmental inter-municipal cooperation plan (SDCI) which provides in particular for the break-up of this community of communes and the attachment of some of its communes to the community of communes of

Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a ...

, others to

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, and two, finally, to the community of communes of Loue-Lison.RECUEIL DES ACTES ADMINISTRATIFS SPÉCIAL N°25-2016-013
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Places and monuments

* House of Bailly. * Étrabonne Castle, from medieval times, listed as a historical monument in 1968. * Saint-Martin Church.

Population

References

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