Champey
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Héricourt-2 | |
| Community association | Pays d'Héricourt | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 35 ' N , 6 ° 41' E | |
| height | 342-524 m | |
| surface | 11.30 km 2 | |
| Residents | 875 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 77 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70400 | |
| INSEE code | 70121 | |
 Champey with church on the hill |
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Champey is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Champey is located at an altitude of 360 m above sea level, six kilometers west of Héricourt and about twelve kilometers northwest of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends to the west of the Burgundian Gate , in a valley basin at the southern foot of the Grand Bois de Champey .
The area of the 11.30 km² municipal area includes a section in the area of the Burgundian Gate. The central part of the area is crossed in a west-east direction by a wide valley basin, which has a width of about two kilometers. This is where the village stream rises, which provides drainage to the east to the Ruisseau de la Carpière (tributary of the Lizaine ). This hollow is flanked in the south by the heights of Le Vernoy ( Mont Tronchet , 481 m), which consist of a resistant limestone layer from the middle Jurassic period . To the north, the municipality extends into the hilly area of the Bois de Granges, which is covered by extensive forests . It forms the southwestern continuation of the Vosges and is partly made of red sandstone , partly the crystalline basement comes to light. On the ridge of the Grand Bois de Champey , the highest point of Champey is reached at 524 m. Further to the north, the municipal ban extends into the headwaters of Ruisseau de la Carpière and Ruisseau des Terriers .
Neighboring municipalities of Champey are Courmont , Belverne and Luze in the north, Coisevaux in the east, Trémoins and Le Vernoy in the south and Saulnot in the west.
history
The municipality of Champey was already settled in prehistoric times, as evidenced by a settlement on the Mont Tronchet and the megalith Pierre-qui-Tourne. There are also remains from the Gallo-Roman period. Champey is first mentioned in a document in 1165. In the Middle Ages, the village initially belonged to the Saint-Maimboeuf church in Montbéliard and the Belchamp monastery . In the 14th century it came to the rule of Héricourt, which was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Montbéliard . The Reformation was introduced between 1562 and 1565. In 1748, Champey finally came under contract to the French crown. In the relevant treaty, France had given the previous sovereign, the Duke of Württemberg, a. a. the status quo of the Lutheran Church assured. Since 2001, Champey has been a member of the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Héricourt, comprising 20 localities .
Attractions
The Lutheran village church ( Temple luthérien ) standing on a hill was completed in 1763 with the support of Duke Karl Eugen . It was changed in the 19th century. The parish belongs to the Lutheran parish association Le Mont Vaudois with eleven others . Various houses from the 17th to 19th centuries in the characteristic style of Franche-Comté have been preserved in the town center.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 456 |
| 1968 | 508 |
| 1975 | 603 |
| 1982 | 763 |
| 1990 | 785 |
| 1999 | 713 |
With 817 inhabitants (2006), Champey is one of the smaller communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (719 people were still counted in 1881), strong population growth has been recorded again since the mid-1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Champey was mainly a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. In addition, there are now various local small businesses and metalworking industries. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in Héricourt and the agglomerations of Belfort and Montbéliard.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is close to the main road D9, which leads from Héricourt to Villersexel . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around 16 km away.
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Remarks
- ↑ See "Histoire Religieuse" , on: "Bienvenue à Villars les Blamont" , accessed on January 25, 2016.
- ↑ a b See "Champey: le temple luthérien" , on: Les temples ou églises luthériennes de France , accessed on January 22, 2016.
- ↑ Georges-Frédéric Goguel, Précis historique de la Réformation et des églises protestantes dans l'ancien comté de Montbéliard et ses dépendances , Paris: Marc-Aurel frères, 1841, p. 148.
- ^ The other constituent communities are in Belverne, Brevilliers, Chagey, Chenebier, Couthenans, Échenans-sous-Mont-Vaudois, Étobon, Héricourt, Luze, Tavey and Trémoins.
- ↑ See "Mont-Vaudois: l'églises ou temples luthériens" , on: Les temples ou églises luthériennes de France , accessed on January 22, 2016.