Montcony

Montcony
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Louhans
Canton	Louhans
Community association	Bresse Louhannaise Intercom '
Coordinates	46 ° 42 '  N , 5 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 42 '  N , 5 ° 18'  E
height	179-210 m
surface	10.74 km 2
Residents	266 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	71500
INSEE code	71311

Montcony 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 Louhans . The place has 266 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The inhabitants are Conymontains , resp. Called Conymontaines .

geography

Montcony is located in the Bresse countryside , between Saint-Usuge , Frangy-en-Bresse and Le Fay . The river Seille forms the western border and La Boissine forms the northern border . There are three étangs in the municipality , the eastern and southern municipal areas are forested. The department road D23 (Frangy-en-Bresse - Louhans ) runs through the municipality in a north-south direction. The municipality includes the following hamlets and corridors: Bois-Plain, Chevaux, Grandjean, Hameau, Haut-des-Champs, Meneuvre, Moulin-de-la-Boissine, Moulin-de-la-Cour, Pageault, Petit-Barand, Richards, Rib, Romain, Vaney, Venolot, Vernes, Vernets-Coulon, Vesvre, Ville-Buguet, Ville-ès-Merles .

climate

The climate in Montcony is warm and temperate. There is significant rainfall throughout the year in Montcony. Even the driest month still shows high rainfall. The effective climate classification according to Köppen and Geiger is Cfb . The average annual temperature in Montcony is 11.0 ° C. Spread over a year, the rainfall adds up to 834 mm.

Montcony
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     64   5 -1     61   7th 0     59   12 3     60   16 6th     79   20th 9     79   23 13     60   26th 14th     80   25th 14th     79   22nd 11     67   16 7th     79   10 3     67   5 0 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: climate-data.org

Toponymy

The place appears for the first time in 1272 in connection with Renaudus de Monconi, alias Montconys . Courtépée traces the place name back to Mons Siconis , i.e. to the mountain of Sico , while Ernest Nègre traces the name back to the Langue d'Oïl , according to which it originated from mont and connil and therefore means Hasenberg .

history

Until 1685 Montcony was just a hamlet of Saint-Usuge , but was the seat of a respected noble family, the lords of Montcony . These belonged to today's municipal area, but also other lands in Saint-Usuge , Simard and Montagny-près-Louhans .

On October 23, 1942 at 10:15 p.m., a Handley Page Halifax crashed near the palace gardens. The eight crew members of the Allied forces were killed and are buried in the Montcony cemetery.

population

Number of inhabitants
(source:)

year	1793	1800	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1872	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1946	1962	1975	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	720	658	628	683	766	679	679	708	686	640	611	648	573	562	505	399	327	264	225	265	290

Montcony Church

Montcony Castle

Culture and sights

• Montcony Castle , 13th century, privately owned

Economy and Infrastructure

In the community there are Mairie , a church (dedicated to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux ), ten farms, two retail stores, two car garages, a restaurant and a construction company. As AOC products are in Le Fay de Bresse Volaille and Dinde de Bresse , further Crème et beurre de Bresse

Educational institutions

There is an École élémentaire in the municipality , which is subordinate to the Académie de Dijon and attended by 22 children. The vacation schedule for zone A applies to the school.

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 : Montcony  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Montcony. on habitants.fr. Retrieved January 24, 2016 (French). 
2. ↑ La Seille , length 100.0 km, tributary to the Saône , source at 46 ° 45 ′ 52.2 ″  N , 5 ° 41 ′ 30.8 ″  E in Ladoye-sur-Seille at approx. 390 m, mouth at 46 ° 31 ′ 10.6 ″  N , 4 ° 56 ′ 20.8 ″  E in La Truchère at approx. 169 m, La Seille on sandre.eaufrance.fr
3. ↑ Ruisseau la Boissine , length 8.3 km, tributary to the Brenne , source at 46 ° 45 ′ 56.9 ″  N , 5 ° 22 ′ 16.3 ″  E in Bosjean at approx. 196 m, mouth at 46 ° 45 ′ 1.8 ″  N , 5 ° 17 ′ 32.3 ″  E in Sens-sur-Seille at approx. 183 m, Ruisseau la Boissine on sandre.eaufrance.fr
4. ^ Department road D23. on routes.wikia.com. Retrieved November 29, 2015 (French). 
5. ↑ Dictionnaire Topographique de Saône-et-Loire. (PDF) Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, accessed on April 16, 2015 (French, search term: Ctrl+ FMontcony). 
6. ↑ Toponymie générale de la France, Volume 2, Page 1160, Section 21693 French, accessed December 6, 2014
7. ↑ Airplane crash in 1942 on Histavia21.net ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , French, accessed November 29, 2015 
8. ↑ Population statistics on cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved December 6, 2014 (French). 
9. ^ Official homepage of Montcony Castle , French, accessed December 6, 2014
10. ↑ Brief description of the church. (PDF) from Montcony. La Pastorale du Tourisme en Saône et Loire, accessed on May 30, 2015 (French). 
11. ^ Chicken de Bresse. to INAO, L'Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité. Retrieved June 26, 2015 (French). 
12. ↑ Dinde de Bresse. to INAO, L'Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité. Retrieved June 26, 2015 (French). 
13. ↑ Crème de Bresse. to INAO L'Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité. Retrieved July 3, 2015 (French). 
14. ↑ Beurre de Bresse. to INAO L'Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité. Retrieved July 3, 2015 (French). 
15. ^ Homepage of the Académie de Dijon. Retrieved January 10, 2016 (French). 
16. ↑ Vacation and holiday schedule for Zone A. Montcony. Retrieved January 10, 2016 (French).