Seloncourt

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Coordinates: 47°27′41″N 6°51′32″E / 47.46139, 6.85889

Commune of Seloncourt
Location
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Coordinates 47°27′41″N 6°51′32″E / 47.46139, 6.85889
Administration
Country France
Region Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Montbéliard
Canton Hérimoncourt
Intercommunality CdA du Pays de Montbéliard
Mayor Irène Tharin
Statistics
Elevation 330 m–483 m
Land area¹ 7.92 km²
Population²
(1999)		 5,746
 - Density 726/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 25539/ 25230
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Seloncourt is a town and commune in the Doubs département, in the region of Franche-Comté of eastern France.

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[edit] History

The name of Seloncourt appears for the first time in 1170 in a deed of gift of a meix (House) made by Valner and Damjustin with the Abbey of Belchamp, but certainly existed well before this date. Seloncourt belonged to the Count of Montbéliard since the creation of the fortified city of Montbéliard. It was separated in 1282, to enter, by constitution, in the Seigniory (Lordship) of Blamont until the reintegration of this Seigniory into the Count of Montbéliard and finally in the Canton of Hérimoncourt created by decree May 12, 1898.

Seloncourt was under the rule of the county of Württemberg beginning in 1397. During the province's allegiance to the Württemberg it embraced Lutheranism. In 1588 there were 24 families and 116 inhabitants in Seloncourt. Seloncourt was reattached to France in 1793 after the French Revolution.

[edit] Economy

Seloncourt was a center of watchmaking in the 18th and 19th centuries. Firms located here included the Fréres Beurnier.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was 5,746.
The estimate for 2006 was 5,855.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Seloncourt was the birthplace of:

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