Attricourt
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Dampierre-sur-Salon | |
| Community association | Val de Gray | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 29 ' N , 5 ° 23' E | |
| height | 214-253 m | |
| surface | 6.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 44 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 7 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70100 | |
| INSEE code | 70032 | |
Attricourt is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Attricourt is located at an altitude of 218 m above sea level, 16 kilometers west of Gray and about 32 kilometers northeast of the city of Dijon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the far west of the department, on the eastern edge of the Vingeanne valley .
The area of the 6.08 km² municipal area covers a section in the gently undulating landscape northwest of the Saône basin . The western border runs along the Vingeanne, which flows through an alluvial lowland to the south to the Saône. The flood plain is on average 215 m and has a width of about one kilometer. The river is accompanied by the waterway of the Canal de la Marne à la Saône , which, however, runs on the western side of the valley outside the municipal area.
From the course of the river, the community area extends east over the floodplain to the adjacent plateau, which reaches an average height of 240 m. The plateau consists of Tertiary sediments . It is subdivided by the valley of a side stream of the Vingeanne, in which the ponds Étang de Cossevosse and Étang de Charles are. While the western part of the plateau is used for agriculture, the eastern part is covered with forest ( Bois des Envions , Le Puits Macheret and La Vaivre ). At 253 m, the highest point of Attricourt is reached in the far east of the area.
Neighboring municipalities of Attricourt are Saint-Seine-sur-Vingeanne in the north, Broye-les-Loups-et-Verfontaine in the east, Lœuilley and Dampierre-et-Flée in the south and Licey-sur-Vingeanne and Fontaine-Française in the west.
history
The municipality was already populated in prehistoric times. During excavations in 1840, swords and knives were found in stone sarcophagi. Further excavations in 1864 uncovered the foundations of a Roman building and five mosaics, possibly the town of Ates founded by the Romans.
Attricourt is first mentioned in a document in 852. The place name is derived from the Germanic personal name Alterius and the old French word cortem (court). In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . Local rule was held by the lords of Montigny. Together with Franche-Comté , the place finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. There was a change of area in 1808, when Attricourt was incorporated into Lœuilley. As early as 1821 it was regained its independence as a municipality. Since 2008 Attricourt has been a member of the Communauté de communes des Quatre Vallées, which comprises 14 localities .
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 48 |
| 1968 | 33 |
| 1975 | 31 |
| 1982 | 34 |
| 1990 | 33 |
| 1999 | 41 |
| 2006 | 36 |
With 44 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Attricourt is one of the smallest municipalities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (125 people were still counted in 1886), only minor fluctuations have been recorded since the early 1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Attricourt is still today a predominantly agricultural (arable, fruit growing and cattle breeding), forestry and fish farming village. Outside of the primary sector there are few jobs in town. Some workers are therefore commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Lœuilley to Saint-Seine-sur-Vingeanne. Another road connection is with Licey-sur-Vingeanne.
