Athesans-Etroitefontaine
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Villersexel | |
| Community association | Pays de Villersexel | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 36 ' N , 6 ° 31' E | |
| height | 269-367 m | |
| surface | 12.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 654 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 51 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70110 | |
| INSEE code | 70031 | |
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Athesans-Étroitefontaine is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Athesans-Étroitefontaine is located at an altitude of 300 m above sea level, eight kilometers northeast of Villersexel and about 26 kilometers east of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The double municipality extends on a plateau on the northeastern edge of the plain of Villersexel, west of the Rognon valley , on the western edge of the heights of the Bois de Granges .
The area of the 12.88 km² municipal area includes a section of the gently undulating landscape near Villersexel. The central part of the area is occupied by the Plateau of Athesans, which lies at an average of 300 m and whose subsoil consists of sandy-marly layers of the Lias . It consists of arable and meadow land, but also shows some larger forest areas. The plateau is drained by the Rognon, which takes in various short side streams here. It flows south through a wide valley to the Scey . The two ponds Étang de la Mouillère and Étang Lombard also belong to the municipality . To the west, the area goes back to the little valley of the Ruisseau Basse-Fontaine , another tributary of Scey.
To the east of the Rognon Valley, the terrain gradually rises. Here is the vast wooded area of the Bois de Saint-Georges , which covers the westernmost foothills of the hills and plateaus of the Bois de Granges. It is mainly made up of red sandstone . At 367 m, the highest point in Athesans-Étroitefontaine is reached in the Bois de Saint-Georges.
The community consists of three districts:
- Athesans (300 m) on the plateau west of the Rognon valley
- Étroitefontaine (285 m) on the plateau north of the Scey valley plain
- Saint-Georges (278 m), hamlet in the Rognon valley on the western edge of the Bois de Saint-Georges
Neighboring municipalities of Athesans-Étroitefontaine are La Vergenne and Moffans-et-Vacheresse in the north, Mignavillers in the east, Senargent-Mignafans in the south and Villafans and Gouhenans in the west.
history
Athesans is first mentioned in a document in 1174 under the name Athesun . Over time, the spellings Athesans (1431), Atessan (1696), Athesans-Saint-Georges (1789) and Athesans-les-Forges (1793) appeared. The municipality was already inhabited at the time of the Merovingians , as evidenced by the discovery of various graves near Saint-Georges in the 19th century. From the 12th century Athesans formed its own rule. Together with Franche-Comté , the village finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
In 1717, the Perreney de Baleure family founded the Saint-Georges ironworks. For a long time it formed the economic basis for the population in the area and was nationalized after the French Revolution. The last blast furnace ceased operations in 1865. Furthermore, iron ore and salt were mined in the area of Athesans and red sandstone in the Bois de Saint-Georges. Athesans and Saint-Georges have formed one community since the time of the French Revolution. At the end of 1972, Athesans merged with Étroitefontaine, which then had around 40 residents, to form the twin municipality of Athesans-Étroitefontaine. Since 2000, Athesans-Étroitefontaine has been a member of the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Villersexel, which comprises 33 localities .
Attractions
The Saint-Servais church in Athesans was built in the 19th century in the neo-Gothic style and has one of the oldest bells in the Haute-Saône (around 1500). The Château de Athesans dates from the 18th century, that of Saint-Georges, which belonged to the owner of the ironworks, from the 19th century. There is a 19th century fountain in Étroitefontaine.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 479 |
| 1968 | 604 |
| 1975 | 545 |
| 1982 | 573 |
| 1990 | 584 |
| 1999 | 564 |
| 2007 | 594 |
With 654 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Athesans-Étroitefontaine is one of the small communities in the Haute-Saône department. Throughout the 20th century, the population ranged between 420 and 610 people, with various fluctuations being recorded.
Economy and Infrastructure
Athesans-Étroitefontaine was characterized by the ironworks early on, in addition to agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Today there are various local small businesses, mainly in the wood and food processing and precision engineering sectors. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the larger towns in the area. Every year, an autumn market is held in Athesans on the first Sunday in September.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares at the intersection of the roads that lead from Villersexel to Ronchamp and from Lure to L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs . Other road connections exist with Granges-la-Ville , Gouhenans and Beveuge.