Amage (Haute-Saône)
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Mélisey | |
| Community association | Haute Vallée de l'Ognon | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 50 ′ N , 6 ° 30 ′ E | |
| height | 334-560 m | |
| surface | 6.54 km 2 | |
| Residents | 338 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 52 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70280 | |
| INSEE code | 70011 | |
 Mairie Amage |
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Amage is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Amage is located at an altitude of 357 m above sea level, nine kilometers east of Luxeuil-les-Bains and about 35 kilometers northeast of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village extends in the northern part of the department, in the western foothills of the Vosges , slightly elevated on the northern edge of the Breuchin valley .
The area of the 6.54 km² municipal area comprises a section of the valley landscape on the western edge of the Vosges. The southern border runs along the Breuchin, which flows here with several windings through an alluvial lowland to the west. The floodplain lies at an average of 340 m and is around one kilometer wide.
From the course of the river, the community area extends northwards over the valley, the Amage terrace and a mostly wooded steep slope to the adjacent plateaus of Grand Ban in the west and Petit Ban in the east. In between is the deeply cut valley of the Ruisseau de Caignevoivre , a short side stream of the Breuchin. At 560 m, at the Grand Fahy farmstead, the highest point in Amage is reached on a hilltop. In the far north-west the parish reaches down into the valley of the Raddon , another tributary of the Breuchin. From a geological and tectonic point of view, the heights are built up partly from crystalline bedrock and partly from sandy-marly sediments of the Lias . On the plateaus there are glacial deposits from the Pleistocene . The entire municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
Neighboring municipalities of Amage are Saint-Bresson in the north, Sainte-Marie-en-Chanois in the east, La Proiselière-et-Langle and La Bruyère in the south and Breuchotte and Raddon-et-Chapendu in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Amage belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont . Local rule was held by the Lords of Faucogney. Together with Franche-Comté , the village finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Amage is a member of the community association Communauté de communes des Mille Étangs, which comprises 16 localities . It belongs to the parish of Sainte-Marie-en-Chanois and does not have its own church.
Attractions
In the center of the village are the ruins of a former hospital of the Antonite Order. A statue of Saint Anthony (15th or 16th century) found here is kept in the castle of Fougerolles.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 230 |
| 1968 | 208 |
| 1975 | 200 |
| 1982 | 228 |
| 1990 | 242 |
| 1999 | 293 |
| 2006 | 353 |
With 338 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Amage is one of the smaller municipalities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (556 people were still counted in 1881), the population has continued to grow steadily since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Amage was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. The water power of the streams was used to operate mills. Today there are some local small businesses, including a plastics processing company. In the last few decades the village has transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is located off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Luxeuil-les-Bains via Faucogney-et-la-Mer to Rupt-sur-Moselle . There are other road links with La Proiselière and Saint-Bresson.