Neuvelle-lès-la-Charité
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton |
Scey-sur-Saône- et-Saint-Albin |
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| Community association | Combes | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 32 ' N , 5 ° 57' E | |
| height | 218-258 m | |
| surface | 13.20 km 2 | |
| Residents | 225 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 17 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70130 | |
| INSEE code | 70384 | |
Neuvelle-lès-la-Charité is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Neuvelle-lès-la-Charité is located at an altitude of 222 m above sea level, seven kilometers east of Fresne-Saint-Mamès and about 34 kilometers north of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the west of the department, in the Saône basin , in a wide hollow of the village stream south of the Bois du Bouillon.
The area of the 13.20 km² municipal area comprises a section of the gently undulating landscape southeast of the Saône . The central part of the area is taken up by the wide Neuvelle basin, which opens to the west. It is mainly used for agriculture and drained from the Dorfbach to the Romaine . The hollow is surrounded by wooded hills made up of tertiary deposits. At 258 m, the highest point of Neuvelle-lès-la-Charité is reached in the Bois de Bouillon in the north. In the east, the demarcation runs in the forests of Bois de la Baronne and Bois de la Bouloye . To the southwest, the community area extends over the hill of Belle Croix into the broad valley of the Romaine in the area of the former monastery La Charité.
Neighboring municipalities of Neuvelle-lès-la-Charité are Noidans-le-Ferroux and Raze in the north, Rosey , Mailley-et-Chazelot and Grandvelle-et-le-Perrenot in the east, Lieffrans , Bourguignon-lès-la-Charité and Fretigney- et-Velloreille in the south and Le Pont-de-Planches in the west.
history
Remains of a Neolithic settlement point indicate a very early settlement of the municipality. The Neuvelle area was cleared and reclaimed in the 12th century by monks from the La Charité monastery. In the Middle Ages Neuvelle belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . Local rulership was mainly held by the Lords of Oiselay. A small part of the property belonged to the La Charité monastery. Together with Franche-Comté , Neuvelle-lès-la-Charité finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
The Cistercian monastery La Charité was founded in 1133 and formed the spiritual center of the region. It was built in 1477 by the troops of the French King Louis XI. Looted, destroyed in 1569 by the Duke of Zweibrücken's troops and repealed during the French Revolution in 1789. The hamlet of La Charité was merged with Neuvelle-lès-la-Charité in 1812.
Attractions
The village church of Neuvelle-lès-la-Charité was built in the 19th century and has an altar that was converted from a former tombstone. In the village there are two forged wayside crosses from the 18th century. Other sights in the village include a grangie from the La Charité monastery and a 19th century lavoir with a roof supported by seven columns. Convent buildings and a chapel from the 18th century have been preserved from the former monastery.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 212 |
| 1968 | 207 |
| 1975 | 194 |
| 1982 | 188 |
| 1990 | 199 |
| 1999 | 201 |
With 225 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Neuvelle-lès-la-Charité is one of the small communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (484 people were still counted in 1886), slight population growth has been recorded since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Neuvelle-lès-la-Charité was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry until well into the 20th century. Today there are various small and medium-sized businesses, including two transport companies. 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 main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Fretigney-et-Velloreille to Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin . Further road connections exist with Le Pont-de-Planches, Lieffrans and Le Perrenot.
