Montbenoît

Montbenoît
Montbenoît
Commune
	The Doubs
	Coat of arms
	Location of Montbenoît
	Montbenoît Montbenoît
	Coordinates: 46°59′37″N 6°27′46″E / 46.9936°N 6.4628°E / 46.9936; 6.4628
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Pontarlier
Canton	Ornans
Intercommunality	Montbenoît
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Lucien Benmehal
Area 1	5.03 km2 (1.94 sq mi)
Population (2021)	401
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	25390 /25650
Elevation	762–1,125 m (2,500–3,691 ft) ; (avg. 790 m or 2,590 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montbenoît (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃bənwa]) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Geography

The commune lies 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Pontarlier in the Jura mountains.

History

In the early 12th century, Landry, Lord of Joux, gave land in the upper Doubs valley to Humbert, Archbishop of Besançon, to found an abbey.^[3]^[4] The local summit in the area was at the time called Mont Benoît after a hermit named Benoît who lived there. Humbert invited monks to come from Valais and an abbey under St. Columbanus's rule was built by a monk called Nardouin (Norduin) in 1141–1142.^[5]^[6] The town grew up nearby the abbey. Both the abbey and the town were named Montbenoît after the local summit. The abbey later came under the Augustine rule.^[6]

In 1947, Montbenoît was proclaimed capital of the Republic of Saugeais by Georges Pourchet, a local hotel owner, who also created the republic on the spot.^{[citation needed]}

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	180	—
1968	205	+13.9%
1975	182	−11.2%
1982	163	−10.4%
1990	238	+46.0%
1999	219	−8.0%
2008	365	+66.7%
2012	396	+8.5%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Montbenoît" Congrès Archéologique de France 118: p. 306
^ Landry, Donald J. (1999) The History of the Surname Landry from Clovis to the Present volume I, Donald J. Landry, Metairie, Louisiana, p. 22, OCLC 42748089 citing Suchaux, L. (1878) Galerie Héraldo: Nobiliaire de la Franche-Comté H. Champion, Paris, p. 314, OCLC 18349834
^ "Montbenoît Abbey" Structurae an architectural database
^ a b Base Mérimée: Abbaye d'augustins, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

External links

Montbenoît on the intercommunal Web site of the department (in French)

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] "Montbenoît" Congrès Archéologique de France 118: p. 306

[4] Landry, Donald J. (1999) The History of the Surname Landry from Clovis to the Present volume I, Donald J. Landry, Metairie, Louisiana, p. 22, OCLC 42748089 citing Suchaux, L. (1878) Galerie Héraldo: Nobiliaire de la Franche-Comté H. Champion, Paris, p. 314, OCLC 18349834

[5] "Montbenoît Abbey" Structurae an architectural database

[Arch-Patr-6] Base Mérimée: Abbaye d'augustins, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)