Amondans
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Canton | Ornans | |
| Community association | Loue-Lison | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 4 ' N , 6 ° 2' E | |
| height | 296-530 m | |
| surface | 5.68 km 2 | |
| Residents | 87 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25330 | |
| INSEE code | 25017 | |
 Mairie Amondans |
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Amondans is a French commune with a population of 87 (as at 1st January 2017) in the Doubs department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Amondans lies at 497 m above sea level, about nine kilometers west-southwest of Ornans and 19 km south of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , on a plateau on the northern edge of the Amancey plateau, south of the deeply cut valley of the Loue .
The area of the municipality of 5.68 km² covers a section of the French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by the Amondans plateau, which is an average of 500 m. It represents a northern branch of the Amancey plateau and is partly made up of meadow and partly of forest. Towards the south the plateau rises slightly, so that the highest elevation of Amondans is reached here at 530 m. The northern end of the plateau forms the Grande Côte ( 527 m ), which drops steeply to the Loue. Both in the west and in the east, the plateau slopes down to the surrounding, deeply cut erosion valleys. To the east, the border runs along the Ruisseau de la Mée . The western boundary is formed by the Ruisseau de Malans (also Ruisseau d'Amondans ) in the Val Sainte-Marie and the Loue. The steep slopes of these erosion valleys are often crowned at the upper edge by distinctive, partly overhanging limestone walls.
Neighboring municipalities of Amondans are Cademène and Cléron in the north, Fertans and Malans in the south and Lizine and Rurey in the west.
history
Amondans is first mentioned in a document in the 13th century. In the Middle Ages the village first belonged to the Lords of Scey and later to the Chalon-Arlay family. Under the Montrichard family, Amondans became its own small rule in the 16th century. Together with Franche-Comté, the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. In 1972 Amondans was merged with Cléron, Fertans and Malans to form the large municipality of Amancey, but it was regained its independence in 1978. Since 1993 Amondans has been a member of the Communauté de communes Amancey-Loue-Lison, which comprises 19 localities .
Attractions
The construction of the current village church of Amondans began in December 1805. The castle, originally from the 16th century, was redesigned in the 18th century. In the old town center, numerous farmhouses in the characteristic Jurassic style from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.
Church of the Immaculate Conception
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population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 84 |
| 1968 | 79 |
| 1975 | 67 |
| 1982 | 61 |
| 1990 | 77 |
| 1999 | 96 |
| 2006 | 87 |
| 2016 | 89 |
With 87 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Amondans is one of the smallest municipalities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (in 1881 there were still 219 people), a slight population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Amondans was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Cléron to Quingey . Another road connection exists with Fertans.
