Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré
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| local community | Ornans | |
| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 8 ' N , 6 ° 10' E | |
| Post Code | 25620 | |
| Former INSEE code | 25076 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré is a village and a former French community with 118 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belonged to the arrondissement of Besançon and the canton of Ornans .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the formerly independent municipalities of Ornans and Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Ornans of the same name and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Ornans.
geography
Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré lies at 533 m above sea level, four kilometers northeast of Ornans and about 16 km southeast of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , in the extreme west of the Valdahon plateau , above the deeply cut Ravin du Puits Noir.
The area of the area covers a section of the French Jura. The main part is taken up by the high plateau, which is an average of 530 m. It is karstified and consists mainly of arable and meadow land. At 548 m, the highest point of Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré is reached at the height northeast of the village. To the south the plateau drops steeply towards the eroded valley of Ravin du Puits Noir . This forms an approximately 130 m deep notched valley , which is flanked by steep slopes, some of which are criss-crossed with rock bands. It is drained from the Ruisseau de la Brême , along which the southern municipal boundary ran, to the Loue . In the rock circus in a short side valley of the Ravin du Puits Noir is the Grotte de Plaisir Fontaine, in which the stream of the same name rises.
The hamlet of Bonnevaux-Dessous ( 380 m ) in the Ravin du Puits Noir belonged to the municipality of Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré . Neighboring communities of Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré were Foucherans in the north, Charbonnières-les-Sapins in the east and Saules and Ornans in the south.
history
The Grotte de Plaisir Fontaine was probably a spring sanctuary in Gallo-Roman times. In the 12th century, a Benedictine priory was founded in the Ravin du Puits Noir , which was subordinate to the Saint-Vincent monastery in Besançon. The Bonnevaux-Dessous settlement developed alongside the priory. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. In order to better distinguish it from other communities with the same name, Bonnevaux was officially renamed Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré in 1922. The municipality of Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré was a member of the communal association Communauté de communes du Pays d'Ornans, comprising 24 villages .
Attractions
The village church of Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré was built in the 19th century. The bell tower from the 12th century has been preserved from the former priory church . The Grotte de Plaisir Fontaine (rock circus with karst spring ) is one of the natural attractions of the region .
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 82 |
| 1968 | 73 |
| 1975 | 71 |
| 1982 | 77 |
| 1990 | 93 |
| 1999 | 93 |
| 2006 | 107 |
| 2016 | 117 |
After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (248 people were still counted in 1881), only relatively small increases have been recorded since the early 1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré is still a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding). Outside the primary sector there are few jobs in the village. Many workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Ornans to L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois . Another road connection is with Foucherans.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , p. 834.
