Augicourt
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Jussey | |
| Community association | Hauts du Val de Saône | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 46 ' N , 5 ° 54' E | |
| height | 223-309 m | |
| surface | 9.06 km 2 | |
| Residents | 177 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70500 | |
| INSEE code | 70035 | |
Augicourt is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Augicourt is located at an altitude of 248 m above sea level, six kilometers south of Jussey and about 26 kilometers northwest of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village extends in the north-west of the department, in the gently rolling landscape on the eastern edge of the Langres plateau, on the edge of the heights of Cherlieu, west of the valley of the Ruisseau du Bas des Veaux .
The area of the 9.06 km² municipal area includes a section in the area of the plateau west of the Saône valley. The main part of the area is occupied by a slightly undulating plateau, which is on average 250 m and is mainly used for agriculture. The southern and eastern demarcation runs in a basin that is drained from the Ruisseau du Bas des Veaux to the northeast over the Ougeotte to the Saône . Towards the north the terrain gradually rises to the wooded ridge of the Grand Bois , on which the highest elevation of Augicourt is reached at 309 m. The area around Augicourt consists of an alternating layer of calcareous and sandy-marly sediments from the lower Jurassic period .
Neighboring municipalities of Augicourt are Bougey and Gevigney-et-Mercey in the north, Lambrey in the east, Arbecey and Semmadon in the south and Oigney in the west.
history
Augicourt is mentioned for the first time in 1148 under the name Ogescort . In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . The local rule was held by the Vergy, who gave the Augicourt fief to a noble family of the same name. Together with Franche-Comté , the village finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. After the French Revolution , Augicourt became the capital of a canton in 1793, which was incorporated into the canton of Combeaufontaine in 1803. At that time the inhabitants lived mainly from viticulture and tobacco cultivation. Today Augicourt is a member of the communauté de communes des Vertes Vallées, comprising eight localities .
Attractions
Augicourt Church dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. It has a richly carved pulpit in the Louis XIV style as well as relics and statues from the time it was built. The town center is characterized by numerous houses from the 17th and 18th centuries, which show the traditional style of the Haute-Saône. A former mansion is now used as a farm. In the 19th century, the covered lavoir was built, which once served as a wash house and cattle trough.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 227 |
| 1968 | 203 |
| 1975 | 182 |
| 1982 | 168 |
| 1990 | 149 |
| 1999 | 142 |
| 2006 | 175 |
With 177 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Augicourt is one of the small communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (410 people were still counted in 1896), slight population growth has been recorded since the beginning of the 1990s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Augicourt is still today a predominantly agricultural (arable, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry village. Outside of the primary sector there are few jobs in town. Some workers are also commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The place is off the major thoroughfares on a department road that leads from Jussey to Combeaufontaine . Further road connections exist with Lambrey, Arbecey, Oigney and Bougey.
