Ouvans
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Pontarlier | |
| Canton | Valdahon | |
| Community association | Portes du Haut-Doubs | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 17 ′ N , 6 ° 29 ′ E | |
| height | 604-785 m | |
| surface | 5.20 km 2 | |
| Residents | 60 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25530 | |
| INSEE code | 25441 | |
Ouvans is a French commune with a population of 60 (as at 1st January 2017) in the Doubs department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Ouvans is located at 634 m above sea level, twelve kilometers southeast of Baume-les-Dames and about 36 kilometers east of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , on the Chasalan plateau between the crest of the Grand Rocher in the north and the valley of Landresse in the south.
The area of the 5.20 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The central part of the area is occupied by the Chasalan plateau, which is an average of 630 m. It is made up of arable and meadow land and descends towards the south to the hollow of Landresse. The high plateau has no above-ground watercourses because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. It shows various karst phenomena , such as caves and sinkholes. In the north the plateau is flanked by the wooded and partly rocky crest of the Grand Rocher (710 m). To the east, the municipality extends into the Bois du Nezou and on the ridge of the Bois du Fahy . The highest point of Ouvans is reached here at 786 m.
Neighboring communities of Ouvans are Lanans and Vellevans in the north, Sancey with Sancey-le-Grand in the east and Landresse in the south and west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Ouvans belonged to the Passavant estate, which had belonged to the lords of Montbéliard since the 14th century. Together with Franche-Comté , the village came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Since 1998 Ouvans has been a member of the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Pierrefontaine-Vercel, which comprises 44 villages .
On January 1, 2009, the arrondissement membership of the municipality was changed. Previously belonging to the Arrondissement Besançon , all municipalities of the canton came to the Arrondissement Pontarlier.
Attractions
The village church of the Birth of the Virgin ( Église de la Nativité-de-Notre-Dame ) in Ouvans was built in 1840.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 74 |
| 1968 | 70 |
| 1975 | 65 |
| 1982 | 64 |
| 1990 | 58 |
| 1999 | 70 |
| 2006 | 54 |
| 2016 | 62 |
With 60 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Ouvans is one of the smallest communities in the Doubs department. After the population had declined markedly in the first half of the 20th century (in 1901 there were still 144 people), only relatively minor fluctuations have been recorded since the early 1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Ouvans was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding). Even today, the residents live mainly from their work in the first sector. Outside of the primary sector there are almost no jobs in the village. Some workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is off the main thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp to Vellevans. There are other road connections with Lanans and Sancey-le-Grand.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 897-898.
