Neurey-en-Vaux
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse | |
| Community association | Terres de Saône | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 45 ′ N , 6 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 256-421 m | |
| surface | 5.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 176 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70160 | |
| INSEE code | 70380 | |
 Saint-Valbert Church |
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Neurey-en-Vaux is a commune in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Neurey-en-Vaux lies at an altitude of 355 m above sea level, about 15 kilometers north of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village is located in the central part of the department, on a slope sloping slightly south on the Chassagne region, east of the Bâtard valley.
The area of the 5.27 km² large municipality covers a section of the undulating landscape between the basin of Vesoul in the south and the plain of the Lanterne in the north. The central part of the area is occupied by the hollow of a side stream of the Bâtard , which opens to the south. It is mainly used for agriculture. It is flanked in the west by the Haut Marcher (351 m) and in the east by the heights of the Bois de Vilory . The northern end are the wooded peaks of the Homme Dessus (412 m) and the Chassagne , on which the highest point of Neurey-en-Vaux is reached at 421 m. To the west, the community area extends into the headwaters of the Bâtard, a right tributary of the Durgeon . 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 ). Shell limestone from the Middle Triassic also appears in numerous places .
Neurey-en-Vaux's neighboring municipalities are Équevillon and La Villedieu-en-Fontenette in the north, Meurcourt , La Villeneuve-Bellenoye-et-la-Maize and Vilory in the east, Varogne in the south and Le Val-Saint-Éloi in the west.
history
The area was reclaimed by the monks of the Luxeuil monastery in the 9th century. In the Middle Ages, Neurey-en-Vaux belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont . During the Thirty Years War, the village was looted and burned down in 1636. Together with Franche-Comté , the place finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Neurey-en-Vaux is a member of the community association Communauté de communes des Six Villages, which comprises six villages .
Attractions
The Saint-Valbert church was rebuilt towards the end of the 18th century on a cruciform floor plan. The furnishings include an octagonal baptismal font from the 17th century, furniture and a richly carved altar from the 18th century. A plague cross dates from the 17th century.
The center is characterized by various farms and winegrowers' houses that show the traditional style of the Haute-Saône.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 138 |
| 1968 | 117 |
| 1975 | 106 |
| 1982 | 135 |
| 1990 | 153 |
| 1999 | 152 |
| 2006 | 158 |
With 176 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Neurey-en-Vaux 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 (367 people were still counted in 1881), slight population growth has been recorded again since the mid-1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Neurey-en-Vaux 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 Vesoul to Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse . Other road connections exist with Mersuay and Vilory.