Ormenans
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Rioz | |
| Community association | Pays de Montbozon et du Chanois | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 27 ' N , 6 ° 12' E | |
| height | 237-342 m | |
| surface | 3.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 77 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70230 | |
| INSEE code | 70397 | |
Ormenans is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Ormenans is located at an altitude of 240 m above sea level, five kilometers west-southwest of Montbozon and about 19 kilometers south of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Linotte valley north of the Ognon river valley , on the edge of the Grand Bois groves.
The area of the 3.61 km² municipal area comprises a section of the gently undulating landscape between the river valleys of Ognon and Saône . The western part of the area is crossed in a north-south direction by the Linotte, which provides drainage to the Ognon. The valley is around 200 to 500 meters wide and sunk around 30 meters into the surrounding plateaus. To the west, the Linotte valley is flanked by the forest heights of the Grand Bois. To the northeast, the terrain gradually rises to the plateau of Mont d'Ormenans , which consists of limestone layers from the upper Jurassic period . It lies at an average of 300 m and is partly covered with arable land and meadow, partly with forest. At 342 m, the highest point of Ormenans is reached on Mont d'Ormenans.
Neighboring municipalities of Ormenans are Roche-sur-Linotte-et-Sorans-les-Cordiers and Fontenois-lès-Montbozon in the north, Montbozon in the east and Loulans-Verchamp in the south and west.
history
The place name probably goes back to the Germanic personal names Olmannus or Olmarus . In the Middle Ages Ormenans belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont . Since the 13th century, local rulership has been with the lords of Loulans. During the Thirty Years War Ormenans was sacked by Swedish troops in 1638 and then lost almost all of its inhabitants to a plague epidemic. Together with Franche-Comté , the village finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. The rule of Ormenans-Loulan was made marquisate in 1728 and lasted until the French Revolution in 1789. Since 2000 Ormenans has been a member of the Communauté de communes du Pays de Montbozon, which comprises 21 localities . Ormenans does not have its own church, it belongs to the parish of Guiseuil (parish of Cenans ).
Attractions
The covered and columned lavoir , which previously served as a fountain, wash house and cattle trough, was built in 1829.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 80 |
| 1968 | 99 |
| 1975 | 78 |
| 1982 | 62 |
| 1990 | 56 |
| 1999 | 51 |
With 77 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Ormenans is one of the smallest communes in the Haute-Saône department. After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range between 90 and 130 people, a slight but continuous decrease in population has been recorded since then.
Economy and Infrastructure
Ormenans was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry until well into the 20th century. Outside the primary sector there are few jobs in the village. Some workers are also 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 Loulans-Verchamps to Dampierre-sur-Linotte . Another road connection is with Montbozon.
