Bannans
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Frasne | |
| Community association | Plateau de Frasne et du Val du Drugeon | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 53 ' N , 6 ° 14' E | |
| height | 808-873 m | |
| surface | 11.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 369 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 32 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25560 | |
| INSEE code | 25041 | |
Bannans is a French municipality with 369 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Bannans is 815 m above sea level, about nine kilometers west of the city of Pontarlier (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in the middle of the wide high plateau of Arlier (Pontarlier-Frasne), north of the Drugeon and the Montagne du Laveron .
The area of the 11.56 km² municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The whole area is occupied by the high plateau of Arlier, which averages 830 m. It is mainly covered by meadow land, but also shows some forest areas in the northwest and various moor areas in the Drugeon area, in which peat was once cut. The area is drained by the Drugeon, which once meandered through the moorland and is now canalised, to the northeast to the Doubs . A small portion of the community area is south of the river. The entire northern part of the municipality has no surface watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. At 873 m, the highest elevation of Bannans is reached on the plateau north of the village.
Neighboring municipalities of Bannans are Chapelle-d'Huin in the north, Chaffois in the northeast, Sainte-Colombe and La Rivière-Drugeon in the south and Bulle in the west.
history
Various finds, including a tumulus , indicate that the municipality of Bannans was already settled in prehistoric times and during the Gallo-Roman period. Bannans was first mentioned in writing around the year 1000 in a document from the Romainmôtier monastery in the Swiss canton of Vaud. In the Middle Ages, the village first belonged to the La Rivière dominion, which belonged to the Lords of Chalon. Later it formed its own little lordship. Together with Franche-Comté , Bannans came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Since 2003, Bannans has been a member of the communal association Communauté de communes du Plateau de Frasne et du Val du Drugeon, which comprises 10 localities .
Attractions
The three-aisled parish church of Saint-André was built in 1725 in the classical style. The palace, newly built in 1743, served as a mairie (parish hall) and school from 1759, but was completely destroyed by fire in 1985 and then rebuilt as a modern building. In the town center there are some farmhouses in the characteristic style of the Haut-Doubs from the 18th and 19th centuries.
population
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 238 | 237 | 205 | 254 | 296 | 311 | 348 | 371 |
With 369 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Bannans is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (430 people were counted in 1896), there has been a significant increase in population since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Bannans was a village dominated by agriculture, especially dairy farming and cattle breeding. In addition, there are now a few local small businesses, including a sawmill. 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, but is easily accessible from the main road D471, which runs from Pontarlier to Champagnole . Other road connections exist with La Rivière-Drugeon and Sainte-Colombe.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 951-952.
