Quenoche
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Rioz | |
| Community association | Pays Riolais | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 28 ' N , 6 ° 6' E | |
| height | 257-380 m | |
| surface | 9.71 km 2 | |
| Residents | 249 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 26 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70190 | |
| INSEE code | 70431 | |
 Lavoir at the source of the Quenoche |
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Quenoche is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Quenoche is located at an altitude of 277 m above sea level, six kilometers north-northeast of Rioz and about 17 kilometers south of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The former street line village extends in the south of the department, in a valley basin of the Upper Quenoche, between the heights of the Grands Bois in the south and the Bois Lajus in the north.
The area of the municipal area of 9.71 km² covers a section of the undulating landscape between the river valleys of Ognon in the south and Saône in the north-west. The main part of the area is taken up by the valley basin of Quenoche, which averages 280 m. It is approximately one kilometer wide and three kilometers long and is drained eastward to the Ognon by the Quenoche Brook. The alluvial soils in the valley basin are used for agriculture. A terrain step of 80 to 100 m leads south to the forest heights of the Grands Bois (up to 361 m). The slopes are subdivided by various erosion valleys. To the north, the municipality extends to the heights of Le Chatey and Bois Lajus . In the latter, Quenoche's highest point is reached at 380 m. In geological terms, the heights around Quenoche consist of an alternating layer of calcareous and sandy-marly layers from the Upper Jurassic .
Neighboring municipalities of Quenoche are Pennesières and Authoison in the north, Ruhans in the east, Rioz and La Malachère in the south and Hyet in the west.
history
Various finds indicate that the municipality of Quenoche was already committed in the Gallo-Roman times and was probably also inhabited. Quenoche is first mentioned in the 12th century under the name Conoschia , which is of Celtic origin. In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . The barony of Fondremand held local rule over the village . Together with Franche-Comté, Quenoche finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Quenoche is a member of the community association Communauté de communes du Pays Riolais, which encompasses 33 villages .
Attractions
The single-nave Saint-Pierre church was rebuilt in 1775 and is richly decorated with furniture from the 17th and 18th centuries.
The former rectory also dates from the 18th century.
The Lavoir on the Quenoche, once a wash house and cattle trough, was built in 1837.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 125 |
| 1968 | 114 |
| 1975 | 123 |
| 1982 | 116 |
| 1990 | 125 |
| 1999 | 116 |
With 249 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), La Malachère is one of the small communities in the Haute-Saône department. Throughout the 20th century, the population was always in the range between 105 and 145 people.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Quenoche was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Today there are some local small businesses. 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 well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main road N57, which leads from Besançon to Vesoul. Another road connection is with Loulans-Verchamp .
