Lyoffans
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Lure-2 | |
| Community association | Pays de Lure | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 39 ′ N , 6 ° 35 ′ E | |
| height | 293-375 m | |
| surface | 4.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 375 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 84 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70200 | |
| INSEE code | 70313 | |
 St. Martin Church |
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Lyoffans is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Lyoffans is located at an altitude of 304 m above sea level, eight kilometers southeast of Lure and about 21 kilometers west of the city of Belfort (as the crow flies). The village extends in the eastern part of the department, at the mouth of the Clairegoutte in the Rognon , on the western edge of the heights of the Chérimont .
The area of the 4.49 km² municipal area comprises a section in the undulating landscape southeast of the Lure plain. From northeast to southwest, the area is crossed by the Rognon valley, which provides drainage over the Scey to the Ognon . The alluvial low lies on average at 300 m and has a width of around 500 meters. The Rognon receives an inflow from the Clairegoutte and the Fau on the parish soil . To the west, the community area extends over a hill consisting of shell limestone of the Middle Triassic ( Planches du Mont , 325 m) into the hollow of a right side stream of the Rognon. Here is the elongated Étang de Chaudoz (fish pond ).
East of the lowland of the Clairegoutte, the terrain rises to the wooded height of the Bois de Lyoffans . At 375 m, the highest elevation of Lyoffans is reached here. This height is mainly made up of red sandstone from the lower Triassic. It is bounded in the south by the Fau valley cut.
Neighboring municipalities of Lyoffans are Palante and Andornay in the north, Magny-Jobert in the east, Lomont in the south and Moffans-et-Vacheresse and Frotey-lès-Lure in the west.
history
Lyoffans is first mentioned in 1178 under the name Lofens . The names Liofens (1275), Lioffans (1424) and since 1547 the current spelling have been handed down from a later period . The place name goes back to the Germanic personal name Laidulfus and means with the suffix -ans as much as with the people of Laidulfus . In the Middle Ages Lyoffans belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont . The Lure monastery held local rule. Together with Franche-Comté , the place finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Lyoffans is a member of the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Lure, which comprises 22 villages .
Attractions
The Saint-Martin church was rebuilt in the 16th and 18th centuries, and two aisles were added in 1820. The oldest part is the choir from the 16th century. It serves as a parish church for Lyoffans and three surrounding parishes. The furnishings include three bas-reliefs (17th century) and furniture from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Other attractions include five fountains and five lavoirs .
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 307 |
| 1968 | 331 |
| 1975 | 380 |
| 1982 | 359 |
| 1990 | 334 |
| 1999 | 331 |
| 2006 | 371 |
With 375 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Lyoffans is one of the smaller municipalities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (372 people were still counted in 1881), the population continued to grow steadily from 1950 to 1975. After a temporary decrease, a population increase has been observed again in recent years.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Lyoffans was mainly a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding), forestry and fish farming. Today there are some local small businesses. In the last few decades the village has transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who go to work in the larger towns in the area and in the Belfort-Montbéliard agglomeration.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is located near the D438 departmental road, which leads from Lure to Montbéliard and which has been developed into a four-lane expressway in this area. Further road connections exist with Ronchamp , Villersexel , Frotey-lès-Lure, Palante and Magny-Jobert.