Novillard
Novillard is a common French, located in the department of the Territoire of Belfort and the area Franche-Comté. It depends on the Canton of Danjoutin.
The village is located at the south-east of Belfort, with 11km of the latter. Its territory, which extends on 116 hectares, is skirted to north by the railway Belfort Mulhouse. It is crossed by the small river the Madeleine who takes her source in the massive of the Vosges, in the village of Lamadeleine precisely. Average altitude is of 350m. In 1803 the population was of 171 inhabitants, and 210 with the census of 1999. The activity of the commune is primarily agricultural.
The history of Novillard begins before 1251 but it is only on this date that one finds the name of the village mentioned in an act concerning the priory of Froidefontaine in the form of Nueviller . The stronghold belonged to the seigniory of Rougemont-the-Castle in 1125, at the moment or Frederic Ier of Ferrette equipped the monastery with Valdieu, currently in the Département of Haut-Rhin. A church existed then in Novillard whose parish also included/understood Eschêne , Autrage and Rechotte all three currently gathered in the commune of Autrechêne. Novillard was also chief town of a town hall depending on the seigniory of Rougemont (of which it marked the southern limit) then prévôté of Angeot, seigniory of Belfort. The fate of the village follows that of the villages overall surrounding: fastening with the fields of the house of Austria of 1350 with 1648. The Saint-Julien church was built in the years 1770. In 1803 the population was of 171 inhabitants, and 210 with the census of 1999. The activity of the commune remained primarily agricultural.