Froideterre
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Lure-1 | |
| Community association | Pays de Lure | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 42 ' N , 6 ° 32' E | |
| height | 299-337 m | |
| surface | 2.83 km 2 | |
| Residents | 371 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 131 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70200 | |
| INSEE code | 70259 | |
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Froideterre is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Froideterre is located at an altitude of 307 m above sea level, four kilometers northeast of Lure and about 30 kilometers east-northeast of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village is located in the eastern part of the department, in the Lure plain and in the Ognon lowland .
The area of the 2.83 km² municipal area includes a section of the plain of Lure. The alluvial plain on the edge of the Vosges is an average of 310 m. It is traversed by the course of the Ognon, which flows with several windings through a formerly marshy lowland to the south-southwest. The valley level is mainly used for agriculture. To the east of the Ognon, the communal soil extends to the slopes of the former Lure-Malbouhans airfield. To the west of the Ognon, an approximately 10 m high step leads to a terrace consisting of sand and gravel sediments that were deposited during the Pleistocene in the run-up to the Vosges glaciers. It is covered with forest ( Grand Bois ). The highest point of Froideterre is reached on a hill with 337 m.
The settlement of La Combe Bélion (303 m) in the Ognon flood plain belongs to Froideterre . Neighboring municipalities of Froideterre are Saint-Germain in the north, La Neuvelle-lès-Lure in the east, Roye in the south and Lure in the west.
history
Froideterre is mentioned in a document in 1220 under the name Fracta terra , which means broken, loosened earth . The name Fraideterre has been handed down from a later period . In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . Local rule was initially held by the lords of Montjustin, who left their property in Froideterre to the Lure monastery in the 13th century. Together with Franche-Comté , the place finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. With the opening of the tram from Lure to Le Thillot (1895), Froideterre was connected to the public transport network. However, the line was stopped again at the beginning of World War II. Today Froideterre is a member of the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Lure, comprising 22 villages . Froideterre does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Saint-Germain.
Attractions
Worth seeing is a Calvaire in the town center with a statue of Christ and a statue of St. Martin. There is a restored mill with a water wheel on the Ognon.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 174 |
| 1968 | 181 |
| 1975 | 181 |
| 1982 | 272 |
| 1990 | 278 |
| 1999 | 311 |
| 2006 | 366 |
With 371 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Froideterre is one of the smaller municipalities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (280 people were still counted in 1906), population growth has been recorded again since the mid-1970s. Since then the number of inhabitants has doubled.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Froideterre was mainly a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Today there are a few local small businesses, including a distillery in the building of the former train station. 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 located off the major thoroughfares on a department road that leads from Lure to Saint-Germain. Another road connection is with La Neuvelle-lès-Lure.