Andornay
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Lure-2 | |
| Community association | Pays de Lure | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 39 ′ N , 6 ° 36 ′ E | |
| height | 299-329 m | |
| surface | 1.48 km 2 | |
| Residents | 203 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 137 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70200 | |
| INSEE code | 70021 | |
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Andornay is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Andornay is located at an altitude of 311 m above sea level, eight kilometers east-southeast of Lure and about 20 kilometers west of the city of Belfort (as the crow flies). The village extends in the eastern part of the department, slightly elevated east of the Rognon lowland , on the western edge of the heights of the Chérimont .
The area of the 1.48 km² municipality covers a section in the gently undulating landscape southeast of the Lure plain. The western border always runs along the Rognon, which provides drainage over the Scey to the Ognon . The alluvial low lies on average at 300 m and has a width of around 500 meters. The community area extends eastward from the river to the Andornay hill, on which Andornay's highest elevation is reached at 329 m. It is made up of arable and meadow land. In the east it is flanked by the valley basin of the Clairegoutte (tributary of the Rognon). From a geological and tectonic point of view, the area consists of alternating layers of calcareous and sandy-marl sediments that were deposited during the Lias ( Lower Jurassic ).
Andornay's neighboring communities are Magny-Danigon in the north, Clairegoutte in the east, Magny-Jobert and Lyoffans in the south and Palante in the west.
history
The village was founded before the 14th century. Andornay was mentioned in a document in 1467 under the name Endreney and in 1484 as Andulnay . The place name is derived from the Germanic personal name Andernus and means something like Hofgut des Andernus . In the Middle Ages, Andornay belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont . The local rule was held by the Lords of Granges. Together with Franche-Comté, the place finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Andornay is a member of the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Lure, comprising 22 villages . Andornay does not have its own church, it belongs to the Lyoffans parish.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 105 |
| 1968 | 110 |
| 1975 | 91 |
| 1982 | 110 |
| 1990 | 103 |
| 1999 | 148 |
| 2006 | 190 |
With 203 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Andornay is one of the small communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range between 78 and 120 people, a significant increase in population has been recorded since the mid-1970s. Since then the number of inhabitants has more than doubled.
Economy and Infrastructure
Andornay was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) well into the 20th century. Today there are some local small businesses. In the last few decades the village has transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who go to work in the larger towns in the area and in the Belfort-Montbéliard agglomeration.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is located near the D438 departmental road, which leads from Lure to Montbéliard and which has been developed into a four-lane expressway in this area. Further road connections exist with Ronchamp , Magny-Jobert, Frédéric-Fontaine and Palante.