Chagey
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Héricourt-1 | |
| Community association | Pays d'Héricourt | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 37 ' N , 6 ° 44' E | |
| height | 337-489 m | |
| surface | 6.99 km 2 | |
| Residents | 634 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 91 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70400 | |
| INSEE code | 70116 | |
 Mairie Chagey |
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Chagey is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Chagey is located at an altitude of 341 m above sea level, four kilometers north-northwest of Héricourt and about ten kilometers west-southwest of the city of Belfort (as the crow flies). The village extends to the west of the Burgundian Gate , in a valley basin on the Lizaine , at the mouth of the Goutte Saint-Saut, on the southern edge of the Bois du Prosey.
The area of the 6.99 km² municipal area includes a section in the area of the Burgundian Gate. The central part of the area is crossed by the Lizaine in a north-south direction, which at Chagey emerges from a narrow, wooded valley into a wide valley basin that is almost two kilometers wide and averages 340 m. It is with so-called sediments, alluvial deposits of Quaternary filled. To the north, the municipality extends into an extensive forest area with the Bois du Prosey (478 m) and the Brisée , on which the highest point of Chagey is reached at 489 m. This hill country forms the southwestern continuation of the Vosges and is partly made of red sandstone , partly the crystalline basement comes to light.
The hamlet of Genechier (360 m) in a side valley of the Lizaine at the southern foot of the Brisée belongs to Chagey. Neighboring municipalities of Chagey are Chenebier and Frahier-et-Chatebier in the north, Châlonvillars , Mandrevillars and Échenans-sous-Mont-Vaudois in the east and Luze in the south and west.
history
The municipality of Chagey was already inhabited in Gallo-Roman times. A burial ground was discovered from the Merovingian period. Chagey is first mentioned in 1275 under the name Chages . Over time, the spelling changed via Chaigei (1313), Chageo (1392) and Chaigey (1448) to today's Chagey (1511). The place name goes back to the Gallic personal name Cavius and means estate of Cavius .
Since the Middle Ages, Chagey has belonged to the Héricourt domain, which was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Montbéliard. The first blast furnace went into operation in 1586, and the iron processing industry had a long tradition until the beginning of the 20th century. Chagey, which until then had been under the sovereignty of the Principality of Württemberg-Mömpelgard (Montbéliard) , finally came under contract to the French crown in 1748. In the relevant treaty, France had given the previous sovereign, the Duke of Württemberg, a. a. the status quo of the Lutheran Church assured. There was a change of area in 1808 when the previously independent Genechier was incorporated into Chagey. Since 2001, Chagey has been a member of the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Héricourt, comprising 20 localities .
Attractions
The Lutheran village church of Chagey was built in the first quarter of the 19th century. From the previous building from 1748, one of the twenty churches that were rebuilt or renovated on behalf of Duke Karl Eugen during his long reign (1737–1793), and earlier church buildings in the same place, today's church took on a rich interior . This has been listed as a Monument historique since 2000 , including a crucifix (16th century), an altar (18th century) and a richly carved pulpit (17th century). The parish belongs to the Lutheran parish association Le Mont Vaudois with eleven others . Catholic masses have been held again since 1740, initially in the choir of the Lutheran village church, which was then a simultaneous church according to a royal decree . In 1901 the Catholic parish moved into its own St. Martin Church, which was rebuilt in 1898. The mairie (community and school house) dates from the 19th century. Buildings of the former iron works from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.
- Churches in Chagey
Lutheran village church 
Catholic Church of St. Martin
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 470 |
| 1968 | 472 |
| 1975 | 545 |
| 1982 | 567 |
| 1990 | 621 |
| 1999 | 659 |
With 659 inhabitants (1999), Chagey is one of the small communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased slightly in the first half of the 20th century (796 people were still counted in 1886), the population has continued to grow since the mid-1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Chagey was a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. The ironworks were very important. Today there are various local small-scale businesses, mainly in wood processing and precision engineering. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in Héricourt and the agglomerations of Belfort and Montbéliard .
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is close to the four-lane main road D438 that leads from Belfort to Lure . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around 14 km away. There are other road connections with Chenebier, Châlonvillars and Luze.
Web links
- Information on the municipality of Chagey (French)
- Story of Chagey (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See "Histoire Religieuse" , on: "Bienvenue à Villars les Blamont" , accessed on January 25, 2016.
- ↑ Georges-Frédéric Goguel, Précis historique de la Réformation et des églises protestantes dans l'ancien comté de Montbéliard et ses dépendances , Paris: Marc-Aurel frères, 1841, p. 148.
- ↑ See "Chagey" , on: CultureCommunication: le site du Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication , accessed on January 22, 2016.
- ↑ The other constituent communities are in Belverne, Brevilliers, Champey, Chenebier, Couthenans, Échenans-sous-Mont-Vaudois, Étobon, Héricourt, Luze, Tavey and Trémoins.
- ↑ See "Mont-Vaudois: l'églises ou temples luthériens" , on: Les temples ou églises luthériennes de France , accessed on January 22, 2016.
- ↑ a b See "Chagey et Genéchier" , on: 5 Villages des Bois , accessed on January 22, 2016.