Hugier
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Marnay | |
| Community association | Val Marnaysia | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 19 ′ N , 5 ° 43 ′ E | |
| height | 217-302 m | |
| surface | 7.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 128 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70150 | |
| INSEE code | 70286 | |
Hugier is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Hugier is located at an altitude of 235 m above sea level, six kilometers northwest of Marnay and about 25 kilometers west-northwest of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the south of the department, in a hollow in the headwaters of the Ruisseau de la Fontaine de Magney in the southwestern foothills of the Monts de Gy .
The area of the 7.08 km² municipal area comprises a section of the gently undulating landscape between the valley plains of Ognon in the south and Saône in the north. The central part of the area is taken up by the wide Hugier basin, which averages 230 m. It is drained by the Ruisseau de la Fontaine de Magney south to the Ognon. The area is mainly used for agriculture. In the southeast, the hollow is bounded by the Bois de Bay (up to 280 m). To the northwest, the community area extends over a gently rising slope on the ridge of the Mont, which is made up of tertiary sediments . At 302 m, Hugier's highest elevation is reached here. The municipal soil extends with a narrow tip to the southwest and includes the wooded ridge of the Bois du Bège (285 m).
Neighboring communities of Hugier are Bonboillon and Tromarey in the north, Cult in the east, Bay and Sornay in the south, and Motey visits and Chancey in the west.
history
Hugier was first mentioned in a document in 1173, when the village was donated to the Corneux Premonstratensian monastery . In the Middle Ages Hugier belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont . Together with Franche-Comté, the village finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Since 2002 Hugier has been a member of the community association Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l'Ognon, which comprises 15 villages .
Attractions
The Saint-Médard church was built in the 18th century and has a richly carved wooden altar. Numerous houses from the 16th to 18th centuries have been preserved in the village, which show the characteristic style of the Haute-Saône. The lavoir, which once served as a wash house and cattle trough, was built around 1853.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 71 |
| 1968 | 74 |
| 1975 | 69 |
| 1982 | 74 |
| 1990 | 70 |
| 1999 | 81 |
With 128 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Hugier is one of the smallest communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (in 1886 there were still 218 people), slight population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1990s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Hugier was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing, viticulture and cattle breeding) well into the 20th century. Outside the primary sector there are few jobs in the village. Some workers are also commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Sornay to Bonboillon. Other road connections exist with Chancey, Motey visits and Cult.
