Colombotte
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Villersexel | |
| Community association | Triangle Vert | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 40 ′ N , 6 ° 17 ′ E | |
| height | 272-376 m | |
| surface | 4.35 km 2 | |
| Residents | 85 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70240 | |
| INSEE code | 70164 | |
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Colombotte is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Colombotte is located at an altitude of 285 m above sea level, four kilometers south of Saulx and about eleven kilometers east-northeast of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village extends in the central part of the department, slightly elevated on the southern slope of the Colombine , below the height of the Bois de la Craye .
The area of the municipality of 4.35 km² covers a section in the undulating landscape between the basin of Vesoul in the west and the plain of Lure in the east. From northeast to southwest the area is crossed by the alluvial lowland of the Colombine, which provides drainage to the Durgeon . The valley low lies at an average of 275 m and has a maximum width of one kilometer. Agricultural use prevails here.
The valley is flanked on both sides by relatively steep slopes that lead to the adjacent, partly wooded, partly meadowland heights: in the south the Bois de la Craye (366 m), in the east the Valdoie , on the 376 m the The highest point is reached by Colombotte, in the northeast the Planches (320 m) and in the northwest the Bois de Carneillet . In geological and tectonic terms, the area north of the Colombine consists of alternating layers of sandy-marl and calcareous sediments that were deposited during the Lias ( Lower Jurassic ). The heights south of the Colombine are made up of a resistant limestone layer from the middle Jurassic period .
Colombotte's neighboring municipalities are Saulx and Creveney in the north, Châtenois and Velleminfroy in the east and Calmoutier in the south and west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Colombotte belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . Local rulership was held by the Viscounts of Vesoul and later the Lords of Faucogney. Together with Franche-Comté , the place finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Colombotte is a member of the community association Communauté de communes des Grands Bois, which comprises 12 towns .
Attractions
The town center is characterized by various houses from the 16th to 18th centuries, which show the traditional style of the Haute-Saône. The Mairie-École (municipal administration and school) with its bell tower dates from 1847.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 63 |
| 1968 | 53 |
| 1975 | 43 |
| 1982 | 37 |
| 1990 | 49 |
| 1999 | 48 |
| 2006 | 52 |
With 85 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Colombotte 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 (142 people were still counted in 1886), a slight population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Colombotte is still a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Outside of the primary sector there are few jobs in town. Some workers are therefore commuters who work in the larger towns in the area and in the Vesoul agglomeration.
The place is off the major thoroughfares on a department road that leads from Saulx to Calmoutier.
