Essert (Territory of Belfort)

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

Geography

The commune, which depends on the Canton of Valdoie, belongs to the agglomeration of Belfort. It is located on the N19 road connecting Belfort to Lure (Haute-Saône). The territory of the commune extends on 701 hectares, it is sprinkled by Soft the .

Demography

For two centuries the population of Essert has not ceased increasing at the rate/rhythm of the industrialization of the area of Belfort:

History

The name of Essert probably comes from the word essart , ground cleared to make it cultivable. Formerly did not exist another Essert in the department, there does not remain about it any more but the farm of Saint-Andrew, on the territory of Florimont.

The first mention of the name of the village (in the form Shert , one meets also Essars and Exers in addition) is in a document compiled in German and gone back to 1303. But the place was undoubtedly already occupied with the Neolithic , like Cravanche near. Gallo-Roman vestiges and mérovingiens were put at the day on the territory of the commune.

In 1303 existed already a church which would have been rebuilt or renovated at the 16th century. It was burnt in 1674, as well as the cure, by the army of going Turenne guerroyer in Alsace. The current building, dedicated to Leger saint, was built about the middle of the 18th century, the bell-tower is gone back to 1753.

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