Angeot

Angeot is a common French, located in the department of the Territoire of Belfort and the area Franche-Comté.

Its inhabitants is called Angelois.

Administration

Geography

On 656 hectares of the commune, 170 are foresters.

Communes bordering

Angeot is bordered by Lachapelle-under-Rougemont, Vauthiermont and Larivière

History

Perhaps the name of the village comes from the Groin, old name of the Saint Nicolas's Day, river sprinkling the village. At the 13th century, Angeot has a castle that the counts of Ferrette give in stronghold to a family which takes the name of it. The castle belongs to the latter until in 1430, time to which a family of Soultz obtains it in pledge.

In 1538, the chancellor of the Abbaye of Murbach buys the castle, which remains in the mobility of the counts of Ferrette. During the period during which Angeot belonged to the possessions of Habsbourgs, Angeot bore the German name of Ingelsott . Angeot belonged to the Département of Haut-Rhin until in 1871. Ultimate torn off concession with Bismarck, Angeot (as well as the Eastern communes of Territory-of-Belfort) remained attached to the France, in exchange of certain Lorraine mining communes.

At the 14th century, the parish of Angeot is very wide since it gathers the localities of Bretten, Eteimbes, Felon, Lagrange, Leval, Petitefontaine, Reppe, Romagny-under-Rougemont and Rougemont-the-Castle. In 1782, date on which the parish is detached from the diocese of Basle to join that of Besancon, it includes/understands nothing any more but the village of Angeot and that of Petitefontaine.

April 14th 1725 Angeot was the epicentre of an earthquake whose intensity épicentrale had reached the magnitude 5 .

Curiosities

Tomb engraved : The orientation of a tomb stone is opposed to that of the other tombs of the cemetery. No date appears there but it could go back to before 1800. According to the legend, a priest would be buried at this place.

Church Saint Sebastien : 1843 - 1862. Angeot had already a church in 1234. The church of Angeot goes back to the top Moyen-âge, therefore a fortiori the village. A new church is built between 1840 and 1843. The bell-tower is entirely remade starting from 1862.

Sign : This sign of an old inn of 1850 points out the name of the establishment, the Inn of the Stag. The Pétard coffee, which made restoring on the occasion is closed since the middle of the years 1990.

Demography

v. 1882:

Population: 352

1990 :

Population without double accounts: 243
municipal Population: 243
Total population: 244

1999 :

Population without double accounts: 280
municipal Population: 280
Total population: 283

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