Perrouse
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Rioz | |
| Community association | Pays Riolais | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 22 ' N , 6 ° 3' E | |
| height | 217-327 m | |
| surface | 4.39 km 2 | |
| Residents | 267 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 61 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70190 | |
| INSEE code | 70407 | |
Perrouse is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Perrouse is located at an altitude of 240 m above sea level, seven kilometers south of Rioz and about 14 kilometers north of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the south of the department on the plateau, which connects to the north of the valley plain of the Ognon , north of the ridge of the Fort de la Dame Blanche (Grande Côte).
The area of the 4.39 km² municipal area covers a section of the middle Ognon valley. The southern border runs along the Ognon. This flows here with several meanders through an alluvial plain , which has a width of about two kilometers and averages 220 m. From the course of the river, the municipal area extends northward over the valley floor and a 30 m high slope to the Perrouse plateau, which is partly wooded, partly with arable land and meadows. It consists of an alternating layer of calcareous and sandy-marly layers from the upper Jurassic period . Over the heights of the Bois de la Chenove (295 m) the communal soil extends into the valley of the Buthiers , a right tributary of the Ognon, and up to the heights of the Forêt de Sorans . The highest point of Perrouse is reached here at 327 m.
The hamlet of Villers-le-Temple (235 m) in the Buthiers valley belongs to Perrouse . Neighboring municipalities of Perrouse are Sorans-lès-Breurey in the north, Cromary in the east, Mérey-Vieilley in the south and Buthiers and Voray-sur-l'Ognon in the west.
history
Perrouse was first mentioned in a document in 1218. In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont . Both the Cistercian monastery Bellevaux and the monastery Saint-Vincent in Besançon owned land on the parish grounds. Together with Franche-Comté , Perrouse finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. In 1821 the previously independent Villers-le-Temple (1821: 37 inhabitants), which was first mentioned in 1297 as Viler des Templiers , was incorporated into Perrouse. Today Perrouse is a member of the communal association Communauté de communes du Pays Riolais, which comprises 33 villages .
Attractions
The chapel in Villers-le-Temple was rebuilt in the 17th century. The furnishings include important statues of the Blessed Virgin from the 12th and 15th centuries, as well as a pulpit and an altar from the 18th century.
Perrouse's Mairie was built in 1886.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 64 |
| 1968 | 68 |
| 1975 | 117 |
| 1982 | 144 |
| 1990 | 154 |
| 1999 | 168 |
After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (113 people were still counted in 1926), population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Perrouse was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Today there are various local small businesses. In the last few decades the village has transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who go to work in the larger towns in the area and in the Besançon agglomeration.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is close to the main road N57 that goes from Besançon to Vesoul . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around 13 km away. There are other road links with Voray-sur-l'Ognon and Cromary.
