Montureux-lès-Baulay
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Port-sur-Saône | |
| Community association | Terres de Saône | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 49 ′ N , 5 ° 59 ′ E | |
| height | 212-278 m | |
| surface | 6.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 156 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70500 | |
| INSEE code | 70372 | |
Montureux-lès-Baulay is a commune in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Montureux-lès-Baulay is located at an altitude of 220 m above sea level, six kilometers east of Jussey and about 25 kilometers northwest of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village extends in the north-western part of the department, in the broad valley on the eastern bank of the Saône .
The area of the 6.34 km² municipal area includes a section in the area of the upper Saône valley. The south-western border always runs along the Saône, which flows here through an alluvial lowland to the south-east. The valley floor is an average of 215 m and is around two kilometers wide. The river has been developed into a waterway. Two turns of the river near Montureux are cut off by a side channel with a sluice. The Ruisseau de la Sacquelle flows from the north near Montureux .
From the course of the river, the community area extends north and east over the valley floodplain, which is mainly used for agriculture, up to the adjacent, partly wooded, partly meadowland heights, which consist of an alternating layer of sandy, marly and chalky sediments from the Jurassic period (Lias) . At 278 m, the highest point of Montureux-lès-Baulay is reached on the hilltop northwest of the village. The plateau is divided by the basin of the Ruisseau de la Sacquelle. To the southeast, the municipal soil extends to the Ruisseau de Révillon , another left tributary of the Saône.
Neighboring municipalities of Montureux-lès-Baulay are Tartécourt and Venisey in the north, Buffignécourt in the east, Baulay , Fouchécourt and Gevigney-et-Mercey in the south and Jussey and Cendrecourt in the west.
history
The origin of the settlement was a women's monastery founded in the 8th century, which was abandoned in the 9th century. Montureux is mentioned in a document in 1170 under the name Monasteriolo, which means something like small monastery . In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . Together with Franche-Comté , the place finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Montureux-lès-Baulay is a member of the community association Communauté de communes Agir Ensemble, which comprises 13 localities .
Attractions
The village church of Montureux-lès-Baulay was rebuilt in the 19th century, whereby the Romanesque bell tower of the previous building from the 13th century was retained. There is an Empire style castle next to the church. The lavoir, whose roof is supported by five columns, dates from the 19th century. It was once used as a wash house and cattle trough.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 250 |
| 1968 | 231 |
| 1975 | 171 |
| 1982 | 160 |
| 1990 | 161 |
| 1999 | 150 |
| 2006 | 166 |
With 168 inhabitants (2007) Montureux-lès-Baulay 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 (431 people were still counted in 1886), only slight fluctuations have been recorded since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Montureux-lès-Baulay was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding). 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 work in the larger towns in the area.
The place is off the major thoroughfares on a department road that leads from Jussey to Amance . Further road connections exist with Gevigney, Buffignécourt, Venisey and Cendrecourt. Montureux-lès-Baulay has a stop on the railway line from Vesoul to Langres, which opened in 1858 .
