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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Mélisey | |
| Community association | Haute Vallée de l'Ognon | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 45 ' N , 6 ° 39' E | |
| height | 340-896 m | |
| surface | 27.15 km 2 | |
| Residents | 721 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70270 | |
| INSEE code | 70256 | |
| Website | fresse.cchvo.org | |
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Fresse is a French commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté with around 700 inhabitants. It is located in the canton of Mélisey and belongs to the arrondissement Lure in the Haute-Saône department .
geography
Fresse is located around 20 kilometers northwest of Belfort and 15 kilometers northeast of Lure on the southern edge of the Vosges in the Pays des Vosges Saônoises landscape . The town center lies in the valley of the Raddon , a left tributary of the Ognon , at around 500 m above sea level and is surrounded by coniferous forest. The community area of 27.15 km² reaches a height of almost 900 m and has numerous ponds . It is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
The neighboring municipalities are Servance-Miellin with Servance in the north-east, Plancher-les-Mines in the east, Plancher-Bas in the south-east, Ronchamp in the south, Saint-Barthélemy in the south-west, Belonchamp in the west and Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire in the north-west .
history
Fresse belonged to the Lords of Faucogney and was mentioned in a document in 1339. The old name Fraisse , which corresponds to the word frêne in modern French , means " ash ". The area was occupied during the Dutch War in 1674 and came to France a few years later with the Peace of Nijmegen .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Residents | 776 | 905 | 805 | 743 | 686 | 634 | 713 |
Culture and sights
The central attraction in Fresse is the Saint-Antide church . It was started as a replacement for a small chapel from 1598 on April 25, 1748 and completed on October 31, 1751, later destroyed and rebuilt in the 19th century. Only the original pulpit has been preserved. The stone building is decorated with stained glass . The three bells of the church date from 1822, 1826 and 1831. The organ and the pulpit have the status of a monument historique .
There is also a Croix de mission in Fresse - a mission cross that was supposed to bring people back to the Christian religion after the French Revolution and also has the status of a monument historique - as well as a town hall building made of pink sandstone from the 19th century.
Economy and Infrastructure
Fresse has no connection to the railway network and is connected to Mélisey by a departmental road that follows the valley of the Raddon . From there another department road leads to Lure . Belfort can be reached via the Col de la Chevestraye pass . Mixed culture , animal husbandry and forestry are practiced in Fresse .