Quingey
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Canton | Saint Vit | |
| Community association | Loue-Lison | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 6 ' N , 5 ° 53' E | |
| height | 259-522 m | |
| surface | 8.55 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,430 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 167 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25440 | |
| INSEE code | 25475 | |
 Quingey at the Loue |
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Quingey is a French commune with 1,430 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . The small town belongs to the canton of Saint-Vit in the arrondissement of Besançon .
geography
Quingey is located at 267 m , about 19 kilometers southwest of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The town extends in the western Jura , mainly on the right (western) bank of the Loue , in a valley widening between the heights of the Côte de Moini in the west and the Bois du Landet forest in the east.
The area of the 8.55 km² large municipality covers a section of the western French Jura. The main part of the area is taken up by the broad basin of the Loue, which is framed by the extreme mountain ranges of the Jura. The Loue flows south through a flat valley floor about 2 km wide. To the east of the river, the municipal floor extends to the foot of the Bois du Landet . To the west, the community area extends over the adjacent ridge that separates the parallel valleys of the Loue and Doubs . The highest point of Quingey is reached at 522 m on the wooded Côte de Moini . A narrow tip extends north to the height of Montgardot ( 456 m ).
Neighboring communities of Quingey are Abbans-Dessus and Boussières in the north, Chouzelot and Cessey in the east, Lavans-Quingey in the south and Lombard and Byans-sur-Doubs in the west.
history
Quingey was already a settlement in the 3rd century AD. In the Middle Ages it formed a lordship and developed into a small town on the trade route along the western foot of the Jura between the towns of Besançon and Bourg-en-Bresse . Together with Franche-Comté , the town came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. A Dominican monastery was founded in the 17th century, but it was closed after the French Revolution . With the establishment of an ironworks, Quingey experienced its economic boom in the 19th century, which temporarily increased the population to over 1200.
Attractions
- The parish church of Saint-Renobert (or Saint-Martin ) was rebuilt in 1762 on the site of a previous medieval building and redesigned in the 19th century.
- Quingey has retained its medieval character with a large central square and numerous town houses from the period between the 17th and 19th centuries.
- Remains of the former fortifications and the manor house have been preserved.
- The bridge over the Loue was rebuilt in 1844.
population
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| year | 1881 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 958 | 836 | 854 | 936 | 920 | 980 | 1049 | 1217 | 1425 |
With 1,430 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Quingey is one of the smaller communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (in 1881 there were still 958 people), the population has continued to grow steadily since the beginning of the 1960s, and has increased significantly since 1990 in particular. Today the settlement area of Quingey has grown together with that of Chouzelot.
Economy and Infrastructure
Quingey has always been a town characterized by the trade in agricultural products in the region. The iron processing industry has also played an important role since the 19th century. In the last few decades a small industrial and commercial zone has developed in the valley east of the Loue. Today there are various small and medium-sized businesses, mainly metalworking, woodworking, household items, mechanical workshops and numerous retail shops. Quingey takes on central local functions for the surrounding area. It is also the location of a campsite.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the old state road N83 , which leads from Besançon to Lons-le-Saunier . Since 1999, the city center has been relieved of through traffic with the completion of a bypass. There are other road connections with Saint-Vit , Épeugney and Arc-et-Senans .
Personalities
- Louis-Edouard Vuillermoz (1869–1939), horn player and music teacher
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1074-1081.
