Gonsans
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Canton | Baume-les-Dames | |
| Community association | Portes du Haut-Doubs | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 14 ' N , 6 ° 18' E | |
| height | 447-644 m | |
| surface | 17.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 567 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25360 | |
| INSEE code | 25278 | |
| Website | Gonsans | |
 Mairie Gonsans |
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Gonsans is a French municipality with 567 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Gonsans is located at 530 m , about 21 kilometers east of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , on the so-called first plateau in a trough slightly elevated on the eastern edge of the Saône basin, at the foot of the adjacent heights.
The area of the 17.29 km² municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The northern part of the area is taken up by the wide first Jura plateau, which averages 480 m and rises slightly towards the south. It forms a wide basin with no surface drainage because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. In the area of Gonsans, the plateau is predominantly made up of arable land and grassland, partly also of forest. In the north, the border runs along the edge of the Bois de Boille forest area . To the south, the community area extends over a step of up to 100 m high on the adjacent undulating plateau of the Valdahon plateau. Here, peaks and boggy hollows alternate and show a loose structure of pastureland and forest. In the far south the area extends into the Bois de l'Aide , which belongs to the Valdahon military training area. At 636 m, the highest elevation of Gonsans is reached on a knoll southwest of the village.
Neighboring municipalities of Gonsans are Glamondans and Côtebrune in the north, Magny-Châtelard in the east, Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp and Verrières-du-Grosbois in the south and Naisey-les-Granges and Bouclans in the west.
history
Fragments of vases from prehistoric times indicate an early settlement in the municipality of Gonsans. The place was first mentioned in 1242 under the name Goncens . In the course of time, the spelling changed via Gonsens (1249), Gonçais (1255) and Goncent (1290) to today's Gonsans. In the Middle Ages, Gonsans was the center of its own small rule. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
Attractions
Construction of the church began in 1725; the last major restoration was undertaken in 1996. The ruins of the medieval castle and the mansion of the Counts of Jouffroy are among the secular structures. Various farmhouses in the characteristic style of Franche-Comté from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved in the town center.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 291 |
| 1968 | 243 |
| 1975 | 272 |
| 1982 | 351 |
| 1990 | 375 |
| 1999 | 433 |
| 2008 | 513 |
| 2016 | 572 |
With 567 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Gonsans is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (582 people were still counted in 1881), the population has continued to grow steadily since the beginning of the 1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Gonsans was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. In addition, there are now some local small businesses, including wood processing. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many employed people are commuters who work in the larger towns in the area or in the Besançon agglomeration.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Baume-les-Dames to Ornans . There are other road links with Roulans , Naisey and Chaux-lès-Passavant .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1150-1152.
