Crevans-et-la-Chapelle-lès-Granges
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Villersexel | |
| Community association | Pays de Villersexel | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 33 ' N , 6 ° 35' E | |
| height | 299-473 m | |
| surface | 3.91 km 2 | |
| Residents | 264 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 68 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70400 | |
| INSEE code | 70187 | |
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Crevans-et-la-Chapelle- lès-Granges is a commune in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Crevans-et-la-Chapelle-lès-Granges is located at an altitude of 303 m above sea level, eleven kilometers east of Villersexel and about 17 kilometers northwest of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends in the hilly landscape in the southeast of the department, in a valley basin of the river Scey at the northwest foot of the Bois des Hautes Roches.
The area of the 3.91 km² municipal area covers a section of the hilly landscape between the valleys of Ognon and Doubs . The western part of the area is occupied by the Crevans basin, which is an average of 300 m and is mainly used for agriculture. It is drained by the Scey, which takes in the village stream here and in parts forms the western boundary of the municipality. The community area extends to the southeast over the terrace of La Chapelle to the slope of the Hautes Roches ridge. This consists of a resistant layer of limestone from the middle Jurassic period . Here, at 473 m, the highest elevation of Crevans-et-la-Chapelle-lès-Granges is reached.
The community consists of the two districts Crevans (303 m) in the Mulde des Scey and La Chapelle (355 m) on a terrace at the northwest foot of the Hautes Roches. Neighboring municipalities of Crevans-et-la-Chapelle-lès-Granges are Granges-le-Bourg in the north, Saulnot in the east, Gémonval and Vellechevreux-et-Courbenans in the south and Secenans in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages Crevans belonged to the Granges rule, which was under the sovereignty of the Counts of Montbéliard. Together with Franche-Comté , the village finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
In 1807, Crevans and La Chapelle-lès-Granges merged together with various other localities to form the larger municipality of Granges-le-Bourg. Crevans separated from this large community in 1832 and regained its independence. La Chapelle-lès-Granges was separated from Granges-le-Bourg in 1853 and merged with Crevans to form Crevans-et-la-Chapelle-lès-Granges. Since 2000, Crevans-et-la-Chapelle-lès-Granges has been a member of the Pays de Villersexel community association, which comprises 33 localities .
Attractions
In the center of Crevans there is an interesting round fountain, created in 1861 by the architect Grandmougin, and the sculpture Vierge by Georges Oudot.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 163 |
| 1968 | 165 |
| 1975 | 163 |
| 1982 | 214 |
| 1990 | 257 |
| 1999 | 236 |
| 2016 | 264 |
With 264 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Crevans-et-la-Chapelle-lès-Granges is one of the small communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (281 people were still counted in 1891), population growth has been recorded again since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Crevans-et-la-Chapelle-lès-Granges was predominantly a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding). The water power of the streams was previously used to operate several mills and a tannery. Today there are various local small businesses. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters who go to work in the larger towns in the vicinity and in the Belfort-Montbéliard agglomeration.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road D9, which leads from Héricourt to Villersexel. Other road connections exist with Gémonval and Gonvillars.