Le Val-Saint-Éloi

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Le Val-Saint-Éloi
Le Val-Saint-Éloi (France)
Le Val-Saint-Éloi
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Haute-Saône
Arrondissement Vesoul
Canton Port-sur-Saône
Community association Terres de Saône
Coordinates 47 ° 44 '  N , 6 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '  N , 6 ° 11'  E
height 257-417 m
surface 7.06 km 2
Residents 100 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 14 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 70160
INSEE code

Saint-Éloi church

Le Val-Saint-Eloi is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .

geography

Le Val-Saint-Éloi is located at an altitude of 285 m above sea level, about 13 kilometers north of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village extends in the central part of the department, in the basin of the Bâtard, east of the forest heights of the Bois de la Bannie.

The area of ​​the municipal area of ​​7.06 km² covers a section of the undulating landscape between the basin of Vesoul in the south and the plain of the Lanterne in the north. From north to south, the area is crossed by the basin of the Bâtard , which provides drainage to the Durgeon . The flood plain is on average 275 m and has a maximum width of 500 meters. From the west, the Bâtard receives a tributary from the Ruisseau la Gueuse .

The valley is flanked on its east side by the Haut Marcher (351 m). In the west are the heights of the Bois de la Bannie , in the northwest of the Chaumont , on which the highest elevation of Le Val-Saint-Éloi is reached at 417 m, and in the north of the Bois de Lauxon (up to 320 m). To the north, the community area extends over a saddle into the valley basin of the Ruisseau de Courcelles in the catchment area of ​​the Lanterne. From a geological and tectonic point of view, the terrain consists of alternating layers of sandy-marl and calcareous sediments that were deposited during the Lias ( Lower Jurassic ). In some places, especially in the northern part of the municipality, shell limestone from the Middle Triassic comes to light.

The hamlet of Chaumont (360 m) on the northern slope of the mountain of the same name belongs to Le Val-Saint-Éloi . The neighboring municipalities of Le Val-Saint-Éloi are Équevilley in the north, Neurey-en-Vaux in the east, Varogne and Flagy in the south and Breurey-lès-Faverney in the west.

history

The area was probably reclaimed by the monks of the Luxeuil monastery , who founded a church here in the 7th or 8th century. In the Middle Ages, Le Val-Saint-Éloi belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in it to the area of ​​the Bailliage d'Amont . Local rule passed from the Luxeuil monastery to the Bithaine monastery. The village was badly damaged during the Thirty Years' War. Together with Franche-Comté , the place finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Le Val-Saint-Éloi is a member of the community association Communauté de communes des Six Villages, which comprises six villages .

Attractions

The single-nave Saint-Éloi church shows buildings from different epochs. The chancel dates from the 15th century, the facade is in the Renaissance style and the nave was rebuilt in the 18th century. The church has valuable furnishings , including a baptismal font from the 16th century, a richly carved altar from the 17th century, paneling in the Louis XV style and various statues.

The Sainte-Ursule chapel was built in the 19th century.

population

Population development
year Residents
1962 104
1968 100
1975 105
1982 117
1990 111
1999 122
2006 117

With 116 inhabitants (2007), Le Val-Saint-Éloi is one of the small communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (286 people were still counted in 1881), only minor fluctuations have been recorded since the early 1960s.

Economy and Infrastructure

Le Val-Saint-Éloi is still a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Outside of the primary sector there are few jobs in town. Some 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 Flagy to Mersuay. Another road connection is with Neurey-en-Vaux.

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