Ornans

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Ornans
Ornans coat of arms
Ornans (France)
Ornans
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Besançon
Canton Ornans
Community association Loue-Lison
Coordinates 47 ° 6 '  N , 6 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 6 '  N , 6 ° 9'  E
height 323-635 m
surface 35.72 km 2
Residents 4,413 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 124 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 25290
INSEE code
Website http://www.ornans.fr/

View from the castle

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Ornans is a French municipality with 4413 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the arrondissement of Besançon and is the capital of the canton of Ornans of the same name .

It was created with effect from January 1, 2016 as the Commune nouvelle of the same name through the amalgamation of the formerly independent municipalities Ornans and Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré , which have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Ornans.

structure

District former
INSEE code
Area
(km²)
Altitude
(m)
Population as of
January 1, 2017
Density
(inh. Per km²)
Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré 25076 03.08 356-548 .0118 038.0
Ornans (administrative headquarters)00 25434 32.64 323-635 4,295 130.8

location

The municipality is located in the Loue Valley between Besançon (25 kilometers northwest) and Pontarlier (36 kilometers southeast). Ornans is the starting point for canoeing on the river. Ornans station on the L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois-Lods railway line and the line have been closed.

Attractions

Besides the church from 1548, the ruins of the castle from the 13th century with the Saint-Georges chapel from the 16th century are worth mentioning. The house where the painter Gustave Courbet was born is now the Musée Courbet , and another museum is dedicated to fishing. The old town on the Loue with aristocratic and town houses from the 15th to 18th centuries and the Grand Pont bridge are also worth seeing.

Town twinning

Ornans has partnerships with:

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 852-856.

Web links

Commons : Ornans  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Decree of the Prefecture No. 2015-11-06-001 on the formation of the Commune nouvelle Ornans of November 6, 2015.
  2. current population according to INSEE