Champvans (Haute-Saône)
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Gray | |
| Community association | Val de Gray | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 24 ' N , 5 ° 35' E | |
| height | 188-246 m | |
| surface | 7.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 180 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70100 | |
| INSEE code | 70125 | |
Champvans is a commune in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Champvans is located at an altitude of 199 m above sea level, six kilometers south of Gray and about 38 kilometers west-northwest of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the southwest of the department, on the edge of the Gray plain in the Tenise valley on the western edge of the Forêt des Hauts Bois.
The area of the 7.15 km² municipal area covers a section of the gently undulating landscape between the valley plains of Saône in the north and Ognon in the south. From south to north, the area is crossed by the Tenise valley, which drains the river into the Saône. The valley is flanked on both sides by a plateau, which averages 210 m. It is subdivided by the valleys of various short side streams of the Tenise. The plateau is made up of sediments from the Tertiary and Upper Jurassic Periods and is partly used for agriculture and partly made up of forest. To the east, the community area extends into the forest of the Forêt des Hauts Bois . At 246 m, the highest point of Champvans is reached here.
Neighboring municipalities of Champvans are Gray in the north, Noiron in the east, Le Tremblois in the south and Apremont and Esmoulins in the west.
history
Champvans was first mentioned in a document in 1225. In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and within it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont . The local rule was initially held by the Vergy family, from 1450 the Vaudrey family. In 1595 a large part of the village was destroyed by the troops of Marshal Charles de Gontaut . Together with Franche-Comté , Champvans finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. With the inauguration of the railway line from Marnay to Gray in 1910, the village was connected to the French railway network. However, the line was stopped again. Today Champvans is a member of the communal association Communauté de communes du Val de Gray, which comprises 16 towns .
Attractions
The Saint-Pierre-et-Paul church was built in the 18th century and has rich furnishings from that period.
The castle, which originally dates from the 17th century, but was later redesigned several times, stands in a large park.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 221 |
| 1968 | 210 |
| 1975 | 219 |
| 1982 | 206 |
| 1990 | 239 |
| 1999 | 217 |
With 217 inhabitants (2006), Champvans is one of the small communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (281 people were still counted in 1891), only minor fluctuations have been recorded since the early 1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Champvans was mainly a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Today there are various local small businesses. In the last few decades the village has transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main D475 road from Gray to Dole . Further road connections exist with Germigney, Apremont, Esmoulins and Noiron.
