Chancey
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Marnay | |
| Community association | Val Marnaysia | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 19 ′ N , 5 ° 41 ′ E | |
| height | 224-298 m | |
| surface | 7.71 km 2 | |
| Residents | 200 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 26 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70140 | |
| INSEE code | 70126 | |
Chancey is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Chancey is located at an altitude of 260 m above sea level, ten kilometers northeast of Pesmes and about 27 kilometers west-northwest of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the south of the department, east of the Saône plain on a plateau that extends west of the heights of the Monts de Gy.
The area of the 7.71 km² municipal area covers a section of the gently undulating landscape between the valley plains of Ognon in the south and Saône in the north. The main part of the area is occupied by a plateau, which is on average 270 m. It is made up of tertiary sediments and is mainly used for agriculture. In the east it culminates on the Mont , on which the highest elevation of Chancey is reached at 298 m. There are no surface watercourses in the whole area. In the west, the municipality extends into the forest of the Bois de Riand , in the north to the Bois de la Féole .
Chancey's neighboring communities are Venère and Bonboillon in the north, Hugier in the east, Motey visits in the south and Valay in the west.
history
Chancey was first mentioned in a document in 1262. In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont . Together with Franche-Comté , Chancey finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Chancey is a member of the community association Communauté de communes du Val de Pesmes, which comprises 18 towns .
Attractions
The village church of Chancey was rebuilt in the 18th century. Several late medieval houses from the 16th to 18th centuries are grouped around the church. Other sights include a former manor house and the lavoir (19th century), which used to be a wash house and cattle trough.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 167 |
| 1968 | 158 |
| 1975 | 133 |
| 1982 | 127 |
| 1990 | 130 |
| 1999 | 119 |
With 200 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Chancey is one of the smallest municipalities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (in 1906 there were still 266 people counted), only relatively small fluctuations have been recorded since the beginning of the 1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Chancey was mainly a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Today there are some local small businesses, including a quarry company. 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 D12 road from Pesmes to Gy . Further road connections exist with Valay, Motey visits and Hugier.
