Vellescot is a commune

Communes of France

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 in the Territoire de Belfort

Territoire de Belfort

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 department in Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté

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 in northeastern France

France

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Geography

The village is located on the secondary road départementale D13 which connects Belfort to Suarce

Suarce

Suarce is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France.-References:*...

 and 16 km (9.9 mi) from Belfort. Primarily agricultural, it is surrounded by forests and ponds whose formation is supported by the impermeable clay soil.

History

At the Gallo-Roman time, a minor road connecting Delle

Delle

Delle is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France.Delle is the last French town on the railway line from Belfort to Berne, in Switzerland....

 with Froidefontaine

Froidefontaine

Froidefontaine is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France.-References:*...

 crossed Boron

Boron, Territoire de Belfort

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 and Vellescot. A section of a hundred meters length was updated about 1851. The first mention of the name of Vellecort is in the charter of equipment of the priory of Froidefontaine on 8 March 1105. The village then formed part of the town hall and the parish of Grosne

Grosne

Grosne is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France.-References:*...

 and returned in 1125 to Frederic, 1e comte de Ferrette. For the Austria

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n period, which extends from the middle of the fourteenth to the middle of the sixteenth century, the name of the village was Germanized

German language

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 to Hanendorf.
Before the Second World War

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 circulated, between Belfort and Réchésy a railroad of local interest with metric gauge track which crossed Grosne, Vellescot and Suarce.