Maîche

Maîche is a common French, located in the department of the Doubs and the area Franche-Comté. The inhabitants of Maîche are called Maîchois .

Geography

Located at 75 km in the east of Besancon, and at less than 9 km of the Swiss border , at flight of Bird.

Communes bordering: Damprichard, Charquemont, Cernay-l' Church, Mancenans, the Barks.

Twinning

Kressbronn amndt Bodensee (Germany)
Ondougou (Mali)

History

The blazon of the city joins together two symbols of Maîche: one armorial takes again the weapons of the family Guyot-Malseigne de Maîche; the other commercial one with a toothed wheel which evokes the clock making activity of the city and a horseshoe symbol of the breeding of the famous horse comtois, the horse of Maîche.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Church contruite between 1753 and 1760, of a Corinthian nature with influence baroque, relics of Modeste Saint, pulpit XVIII° century.
Montalembert Castle, built in 1524, garden with the Frenchwoman.
Hotel of Granvelle, XVI° century.
Winter sports resort: Ski touring

Personalities related to the commune

Charles de Montalembert, journalist and politician, remained with many recoveries in the castle of Montalembert, (1810-1870).
Father Chaillet, theologist and resistant, raises with the small seminar of Maîche, (1900-1972).
Paul Decrind, painter born and died in Maîche, (1916-1995).
Rencontre enters the Général de Gaulle and Winston Churchill to the castle Montalembert de Maîche on November 13rd, 1944 to prepare the end of the war.

See too

List of the winter sports resorts of the French Jura
Common of Doubs

External bonds

the Community of communes of the plate maîchois (official site)
Maîche and its surroundings (tourist site)
Maîche on the site of the national geographical Institute
Maîche on the site of INSEE
Maîche on the site of Quid
Localization of Maîche on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Maîche on Mapquest
Club Model aircraft making of the Plate Maîchois

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