Besnans
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Rioz | |
| Community association | Pays de Montbozon et du Chanois | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 27 ' N , 6 ° 16' E | |
| height | 237-308 m | |
| surface | 2.94 km 2 | |
| Residents | 79 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70230 | |
| INSEE code | 70065 | |
 Church of the Nativity and Fountain |
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Besnans is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Besnans is located at an altitude of 245 m above sea level, two kilometers south of Montbozon and about 20 kilometers south-southeast of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village extends in the valley of the Ognon , on the north-western edge of the hill country that extends between the river valleys of Ognon and Doubs .
The area of the 2.94 km² large municipal area covers a section of the middle Ognon valley. The eastern border runs along the Ognon, which flows here through an approximately one kilometer wide lowland to the south. From the course of the river, the community area extends westward over the alluvial plain , which averages 240 m, to the adjacent plateau. This consists of limestone layers from the Upper Jurassic , lies at around 280 m and is partly covered with arable land and meadow, partly with forest. In the west, the community soil extends into the forest of the Bois Lajus , in which the highest elevation of Besnans is reached at 308 m.
Besnans neighboring communities are Montbozon in the north and east and Avilley and Maussans in the south.
history
Besnans is mentioned for the first time in 1140 as a church, which was subordinate to the Saint-Vincent monastery in Besançon . In the Middle Ages Besnans belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont . Together with Franche-Comté , the village finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Besnans is a member of the community association Pays de Montbozon et du Chanois, which comprises 21 localities .
Attractions
The originally Romanesque Church of the Birth of Mary has been restored and redesigned several times over the years, most recently in the 18th century. It has a rich equipment .
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 44 |
| 1968 | 50 |
| 1975 | 47 |
| 1982 | 51 |
| 1990 | 52 |
| 1999 | 56 |
| 2016 | 79 |
With 79 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Besnans is one of the smallest communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (113 people were still counted in 1901), slight population growth has been recorded since the beginning of the 1990s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Besnans was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Outside the primary sector there are very few jobs in the village. In the meantime, the place has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The place is off the major thoroughfares on a department road that leads from Montbozon to Maussans.
