# Florimont > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Florimont > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Florimont.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florimont > Source revision: 1334352766 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox French commune |name = Florimont |commune status = [Commune](/source/Communes_of_France) |image = Florimont-90-tour.JPG |caption = Old bell tower |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Florimont (Territoire de Belfort).svg |coordinates = {{coord|47.5117|7.0686|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |INSEE = 90046 |postal code = 90100 |arrondissement = Belfort |canton = Delle |mayor = Sophie Philippe{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}} |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = Sud Territoire |elevation min m = 367 |elevation max m = 505 |area km2 = 18.19 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }} '''Florimont''' ({{IPA|fr|flɔʁimɔ̃}}; [Frainc-Comtou](/source/Frainc-Comtou): ''Çhoûerimont'') is a [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Territoire de Belfort](/source/Territoire_de_Belfort) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in [Bourgogne-Franche-Comté](/source/Bourgogne-Franche-Comt%C3%A9) in northeastern France. ==Geography== Florimont, at 384 m, lies 5 km east of [Delle](/source/Delle) and about 21 km southeast the city Belfort (as the crow flies). The village extends in the transient area between the flat country of the [Belfort Gap](/source/Belfort_Gap) and the northern foothills of the [Juras](/source/Jura_Mountains), in the Coeuvatte valley at the north foothills of Florimont, close to the border with Switzerland. The village that in 2023 had a population of 473,{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8680694/dep90.pdf |title=Populations de référence 2023: 90 Territoire de Belfort|date=December 2025|publisher=[INSEE](/source/INSEE)}} had 398 in 1803. The area is relatively large: 18.19 km ² and extends over a dozen kilometers from north to south. Florimont, which was an important manor in the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages), incorporated into its territory the disappeared villages of Normanvillars and Saint-Andre-d'Essert.[wikipedia"](/source/%3Afr%3AFlorimont%22French) ===Placenames and hamlets=== ''' Saint-André-d'Essert ''' This village, of which there only remains the farm of Saint-André, one kilometer from [Faverois](/source/Faverois), should not be confused with the city of [Essert](/source/Essert%2C_Territoire_de_Belfort), near [Belfort](/source/Belfort), although the origin of the name is undoubtedly the same: a cultivable ground reclaimed from the forest. In the seventeenth century Saint-André had a church which would have already existed sometime between 1274 and at least 1466, when a priest officiated there. It was restored in 1606 but was threatened with ruin in 1749. By the end of the eighteenth century all that remained there were four [Anabaptist](/source/Anabaptist) families, and the church disappeared. The hamlet belongs to the parish of Faverois. In texts written in German, Essert is Germanized as ''Schert''. ''' Normanvillars ''' Normanvillars was a [Mennonite](/source/Mennonite) settlement on the border of the [Sundgau](/source/Sundgau) (southern [Alsace](/source/Alsace)) and the Territory of Belfort in a forest area called by that name. It was about 10–15 miles (16–25 km) northeast of [Montbéliard](/source/Montb%C3%A9liard), southeast of Belfort, and north of Delle. The settlement was established between 1747 and 1780 by Mennonite families coming from the Swiss Jura to the south and a few [Amish](/source/Amish) families coming from the Montbéliard area to the southwest. By 1791, according to a military census, 23 of the 97 families in the commune of Florimont were Mennonite. By the end of the eighteenth century this rather extended settlement was divided into two organized congregations, both meeting in homes, the one to the north called La Maie (later Belfort), the one in the south called Florimont. The first meetinghouse at Normanvillars, the Chapelle des Fermes, was erected in 1849 after many members had emigrated. The beginning of emigration to North America was in 1819. A number of families settled in [Putnam County, Ohio](/source/Putnam_County%2C_Ohio), others in western [Waterloo County, Ontario](/source/Waterloo_County%2C_Ontario).[http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/N67460.html Normanvillars (Alsace, France) — GAMEO]. Gameo.org. Retrieved on 2011-02-08. It is probable that Normanvillars disappeared at the same time as Saint-André d'Essert, in the second half of the fifteenth century, victim of the instability which reigned then in the countryside. In the middle of the eighteenth century, the Mennonites, famous for being experienced farmers, took possession again of the places and formed a locality dependent on the seigniory of Florimont. Nowadays, the hamlet is summarized as being a few farms spread over a vast clearing in the middle of which is a chapel known as the ''Chappel of the Mennonites'' and a cemetery. ==History== The site of Florimont has been occupied since the Roman period, probably by a lookout tower charged with supervising the movement of troops on their way connecting [Mandeure](/source/Mandeure) in Doubs to [Augst](/source/Augst) and [Kembs](/source/Kembs) in [Haut-Rhin](/source/Haut-Rhin). After the creation of the [county of Ferrette](/source/county_of_Ferrette) in the eleventh century, the feudal castle and the fortifications of the village were built which very quickly took up importance. In the thirteenth century, the stronghold, which also covered [Courcelles](/source/Courcelles%2C_Territoire_de_Belfort), [Suarce](/source/Suarce), [Chavanatte](/source/Chavanatte), [Lepuix-Neuf](/source/Lepuix-Neuf) and partly [Faverois](/source/Faverois), [Grosne](/source/Grosne), [Boron](/source/Boron), [Réchésy](/source/R%C3%A9ch%C3%A9sy), was held by the ''Blumenberg'' family, a German name that can translate as ''Mountain of the flowers''. The grounds of Florimont were on several occasions the object of contention between the bishop of Basle and the count of Ferrette. By the fifteenth century, the economic importance of the city is not negligible as it holds a weekly market and two annual fairs, one at All Saints' Day and the other on the Tuesday of Easter. In 1583 a fire destroyed the castle which was rebuilt. During the [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War), around 1632, the Swedish troops, which devastated the countryside around [Belfort](/source/Belfort), plundered the city and the castle, not being concerned with its ruins. During the [French Revolution](/source/French_Revolution), the population of Florimont expressed their attachment to their lord, [Xavier de Ferrette](/source/Xavier_de_Ferrette), while addressing a letter of protest to the [Directory](/source/French_Directory), when he was put on the list of émigrés and, as a result, considered a traitor to the country. That did not prevent the family's goods from being confiscated. ==See also== {{Commons category| Florimont }} *[Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department](/source/Communes_of_the_Territoire_de_Belfort_department) ==References== {{reflist}} {{Territoire de Belfort communes}} {{authority control}} Category:Communes of the Territoire de Belfort --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Florimont](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florimont) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florimont?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.