Montigny-lès-Cherlieu
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Jussey | |
| Community association | Hauts du Val de Saône | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 49' E | |
| height | 227-369 m | |
| surface | 20.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 157 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 7 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70500 | |
| INSEE code | 70362 | |
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Montigny-lès-Cherlieu is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Montigny-lès-Cherlieu is located at an altitude of 250 m above sea level, seven kilometers west-southwest of Jussey and about 32 kilometers northwest of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village extends in the north-western part of the department, west of the Saône valley , on the northern slope of the Ougeotte , on the edge of the heights of Cherlieu.
The area of the 20.98 km² municipal area comprises a section of the undulating landscape west of the upper Saône valley. From west to east the area is crossed by the valley of the Ougeotte, which provides drainage to the Saône. The flat floodplain is usually less than 500 meters wide and averages 235 m. The valley is flanked on both sides by the heights that form the eastern foothills of the Langres plateau. These are broken down by the various tributaries of Taleinschnitte Ougeotte: From the north of the lead Ruisseau le Saupiquet (western boundary) and the Ruisseau de Couaz (eastern boundary), from the south of the de Ruisseau Cherlieu .
To the north of the Ougeotte valley, the communal soil extends to a mainly agricultural plateau with the heights of Les Perrières (308 m) and Côte d'Enfer (302 m). To the south of the valley there are large forests: Bois de Montigny (342 m) and Forêt de Cherlieu , in which the highest point of Montigny-lès-Cherlieu is reached at 369 m. The valley of the Ruisseau de Cherlieu, in which the former monastery is located, is sunk between these forest heights . The municipal area extends further south over the Bougey basin to the Grand Bois . From a geological and tectonic point of view, these heights consist of alternating layers of sandy-marly and calcareous sediments of the Lias ( Lower Jurassic ).
Montigny-lès-Cherlieu the settlement belongs Cherlieu (270 m) on the same stream in the heights of the Forêt de Cherlieu. Neighboring municipalities of Montigny-lès-Cherlieu are Vitrey-sur-Mance , Saint-Marcel and Jussey in the north, Bougey in the east, Oigney , Melin and Preigney in the south and Chauvirey-le-Vieil and Chauvirey-le-Châtel in the west.
history
The origin of the settlement of the area formed a small priory of the Antonite order , which is mentioned in 1127. At this point Bernhard von Clairvaux founded the Cistercian monastery Cherlieu in 1131 , whose monks made the area arable. Among the granges of the convent, the farm belonged Marlay (already mentioned in documents in 1127) and the mill Agneaucourt at the Ougeotte.
Montigny has been a parish since the 12th century. In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . In the first half of the 12th century, Montigny came into the possession of the Cherlieu monastery and from then on shared its fate. From 1437 to 1439 Montigny was looted and devastated by the Ecorcheurs . Further destruction occurred in 1569 by the troops of Duke Wolfgang von Pfalz-Zweibrücken and during the Thirty Years' War (1636). Together with Franche-Comté , Montigny-lès-Cherlieu finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Since the time of the French Revolution, Montigny-lès-Cherlieu and Cherlieu formed a common community.
Attractions
The Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church in Montigny was largely rebuilt in 1854 in the historicizing Romanesque-Byzantine style. The bell tower of the previous building from 1752 was retained. The valuable furnishings include the richly carved altar, the pulpit (17th century) as well as paneling, paintings and statues from the 18th century. A little above the village is the statue of the Holy Virgin (1857), which was erected to spare the place from the cholera epidemic in 1854. Carved stones from the former Cherlieu monastery were used in various houses in Montigny-lès-Cherlieu. There is a roofed round fountain in the center of the village.
Other significant attractions in the region include the remains of the Cherlieu monastery, which are classified as a monument historique . These include a high section of wall in the transept (13th century), convent buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries and remains of the cloister. A calvary dates from the 17th century. The buildings of the Marlay homestead that are preserved today were erected in the 16th century.
population
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | |
| Residents | 285 | 259 | 219 | 196 | 169 | 152 | 170 | |
With 157 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Montigny-lès-Cherlieu 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 (663 people were still counted in 1886), only slight fluctuations have been recorded since the beginning of the 1990s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Montigny-lès-Cherlieu was mainly a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Today there are some local small businesses, including a construction company. In the last few decades the village has transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore 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 Jussey to Chauvirey-le-Châtel. There are other road links with Vitrey-sur-Mance, Saint-Marcel, Bougey and Preigney.
Personalities
- Thomas Gousset , cardinal and French theologian
- Georges Cogniot , French writer and politician
