La Racineuse

La Racineuse
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Louhans
Canton	Pierre-de-Bresse
Community association	Bresse North Intercom '
Coordinates	46 ° 50 '  N , 5 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 50 '  N , 5 ° 9'  E
height	182-197 m
surface	7.11 km 2
Residents	174 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	24 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	71310
INSEE code	71364

La Racineuse is a French commune in the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Louhans and the canton of Pierre-de-Bresse . The community has 174 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The inhabitants are Racenousais , respectively. Called Racenousaises .

geography

The municipality is located in the Bresse countryside and borders in the northwest on Saint-Didier-en-Bresse and thus on the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône . The eastern boundary of the municipality is almost entirely formed by the Guyotte . The central and southern municipal area drains La Florence . The municipality is traversed east of the village in a north-south direction by the D996 departmental road that connects Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse with Mervans . The Dijon - Bourg-en-Bresse railway line runs almost parallel to the west of it . La Racineuse has no wooded areas. The following hamlets and corridors belong to the municipality: Bellecroix, Biefs, Bois-Guillot, Bois-de-la-Valle, Camelin, Chaudières, Chaume, Colombier, Cours, Fley, Guidon, Guillodières, Haies, Meix, Motte, Paquier, Rothey, Rue-Neuve, Vaugrenand, Verdelet, Vesvre .

climate

The climate in La Racineuse is warm and temperate. There is significant rainfall throughout the year, even the driest month still has high rainfall. The effective climate classification according to Köppen and Geiger is Cfb . The annual average temperature is 11.0 ° C. Spread over a year, the rainfall adds up to 800 mm.

La Racineuse
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     61   5 -1     58   7th 0     55   12 3     57   16 6th     77   20th 9     76   23 13     58   26th 14th     77   25th 14th     76   22nd 11     65   16 7th     75   10 3     65   5 0 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: climate-data.org

Toponymy

The name probably goes back to the clearing time (racineux = strongly rooted) and is first mentioned in 1190 as Terra Racinosa , in 1310 as domus hospitalis de la Racenousse .

history

The actual core of the community, which indicates a Gallo-Roman settlement, seems to have been Fley , first mentioned in 1190 as Terra de Flix . The hamlet of Bellecroix originally belonged to the Knights Templar , after its destruction the Order of St. John followed as Lords of la Racineuse . La Racineuse has been mentioned as part of Serrigny or Mervans since the 13th century . In 1255 there was an oppitaul (probably a leper colony ), also mentioned is a fortified house in Valgrenans (today Vaugrenand), which is also indicated by the nearby field name Motte . The estate of Vaugrenand belonged to Guy de Verdun in the 12th century and to the Baillet family in the 16th century . Other mansions seem to have been in the hamlets of Fley and les Cours . A half-timbered church was originally located at today's cemetery . The current church, dedicated to John the Baptist , was built in 1897. The largest Domestic Market in northern Bresse took place in the immediate vicinity, always on St. John's Day, for the last time in 1914. The Mairie was built around 1920 opposite the church, it became a teacher's house when the new municipal administration was built. Around a third of the houses are holiday homes. The municipality originally belonged to the canton of Mervans and was assigned to the Canton de Pierre-de-Bresse in 1801 .

population

Number of inhabitants
(source:)

year	1793	1800	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1872	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1946	1962	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	500	378	356	356	432	377	342	376	349	361	372	402	401	288	278	246	174	147	127	118	145	161
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence

In 1793, the municipality was not the same as in later years, so the population was not directly comparable.

Church of La Racineuse

La Racineuse Town Hall

Economy and Infrastructure

The village has a church (built in 1897, consecrated to John the Baptist ), a mairie (parish hall), 10 farms, a company for road maintenance and the clown Dadal . The schools are located in Mervans and Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse. At the Ferme du Colombier there are pitches for campers and small-scale accommodation. As AOC products are in La Racineuse de Bresse Volaille and Dinde de Bresse admitted.

Educational institutions

La Racineuse does not have its own school facilities. The children are educated in schools in the surrounding communities.

literature

• Claude Courtépée (1721–1781): Description historique et topographique du Duché de Bourgogne . tape 5 . Chez Causse, Dijon 1780 (French, Google Books ).
• Lucien Guillemaut (1842-1917): Histoire de la Bresse Louhannaise. Vol. 1, Louhans 1897.
• Lucien Guillemaut (1842–1917): Armoiries et familles nobles de la Bresse louhannaise: armoiries ouvrières, armoiries particulières et de familles . Vve L. Romand, Louhans 1909 (French, gallica ).

Web links

Commons : La Racineuse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• La Racineuse. on INSEE. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques , accessed on January 18, 2015 (French). 
• La Racineuse. in the register of communes in France. Retrieved January 18, 2015 (French). 
• La Racineuse. in the Base Mérimée . Ministère de la Culture, accessed January 18, 2015 (French). 
• La Racineuse. in Archives départementales. Saône-et-Loire department, accessed on January 21, 2016 (French). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le Langage Populaire de Macon et des Environs, page 58
2. ↑ La Guyotte , length 41.1 km, tributary to the Doubs , source at 46 ° 43 ′ 7 ″  N , 5 ° 14 ′ 26.9 ″  E in Saint-Usuge at approx. 205 m, mouth at 46 ° 56 ′ 25.1 ″  N , 5 ° 8 ′ 26.9 ″  E in Navilly at approx. 175 m, La Guyotte on sandre.eaufrance.fr
3. ↑ La Florence , length 11.3 km, tributary to the Guyotte , source at 46 ° 46 ′ 23.5 ″  N , 5 ° 6 ′ 6.1 ″  E in Diconne at approx. 209 m, mouth at 46 ° 49 ′ 49.8 ″  N , 5 ° 10 ′ 21.7 ″  E in La Racineuse at approx. 182 m, La Florence on sandre.eaufrance.fr
4. ↑ Départementsstrasse D996. on routes.wikia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015 (French). 
5. ↑ La Racineuse. (PDF) in the Dictionnaire Topographique de Saône-et-Loire. Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, accessed on April 6, 2015 (French, search term: Ctrl+ FRacineuse). 
6. ^ Vieux métiers et pratiques oubliées à la Campagne by Georges Bertheau (French)
7. ↑ Population statistics on cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved September 18, 2011 (French). 
8. ^ Chicken de Bresse. to INAO, L'Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité. Retrieved June 26, 2015 (French). 
9. ↑ Dinde de Bresse. to INAO, L'Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité. Retrieved June 26, 2015 (French).