Saint Vit
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Canton | Saint-Vit (main town) | |
| Community association | Grand Besançon Métropole | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 11 ' N , 5 ° 49' E | |
| height | 210-302 m | |
| surface | 16.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,874 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 296 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25410 | |
| INSEE code | 25527 | |
 Saint-Vit train station |
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Saint-Vit is a French commune with 4,874 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It is a member of the Grand Besançon Métropole municipal association .
geography
Saint-Vit is located at 221 m , about 18 kilometers west-southwest of the city of Besançon (beeline). The village extends on the northern edge of the Doubs valley , in the gently undulating landscape between the rivers of Doubs and Ognon (in the north).
The area of the 16.44 km² municipal area includes a section of the Doubstal. The southern border runs along the Doubs, which flows to the west through an approximately 1 km wide valley. The river is canalized here and also includes the Rhine-Rhône Canal . From the course of the river, the municipal area extends northwards over the flat floodplain to the adjacent, slightly undulating landscape between the Doubs and Ognon . The area is partly used as arable land and meadow, partly it is covered with forest. In the east, the municipal spell includes the extensive wooded area of the Bois d'Ambre and the valley of the Ringeard (short right side stream of the Doubs). At 302 m, the highest point of Saint-Vit is reached on a hill northwest of the village.
In addition to the actual place, several hamlet settlements belong to Saint-Vit, namely:
- Antorpe ( 270 m ) on a slope slightly to the south north of the Doube valley
- Boismurie ( 270 m ) in the gently undulating landscape north of the Doube valley
- Benusse ( 250 m ) in the headwaters of the Ringeard stream
Neighboring communities of Saint-Vit are Ferrières-les-Bois , Corcondray and Pouilley-Français in the north, Dannemarie-sur-Crète , Velesmes-Essarts and Osselle-Routelle in the east, Roset-Fluans and Salans in the south and Évans and Berthelange in the west.
history
The municipal area of Saint-Vit was crossed by the Roman road that ran from Vesontio (Besançon) to Cabillonum ( Chalon-sur-Saône ). Numerous pieces of jewelry, tools and Roman coins were found in a necropolis from the 6th century. The place name Saint-Vit, which goes back to the Roman martyr Vitus, was first mentioned in a document in the 10th century. Since the Middle Ages, Saint-Vit formed an ecclesiastical rule that was subordinate to the Cathedral Chapter of Besançon. Together with the Franche-Comté , Saint-Vit finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
There were several changes of area or incorporation in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1822 Benusse was incorporated into Saint-Vit; Boismurie followed in 1968 and Antorpe in 1974. The latter changed the department, as an independent municipality it belonged to the Jura department until 1973 . With the merger it came to the Doubs department.
Attractions
The village church of Saint-Vit, originally from the 10th century, was largely rebuilt in 1740, only the choir of the previous building from the 13th century has been preserved. In 1772 the current bell tower was added. The old town center is characterized by numerous houses from the 17th and 18th centuries.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 1276 |
| 1968 | 1449 |
| 1975 | 2152 |
| 1982 | 2978 |
| 1990 | 3774 |
| 1999 | 4381 |
| 2016 | 4854 |
With 4874 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Saint-Vit is one of the medium-sized municipalities in the Doubs department. After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range between 850 and 1050 people, a continuous population growth has been recorded since the beginning of the 1950s. Since then, the number of inhabitants has quadrupled and numerous single and multi-family houses have been built outside the town center.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Saint-Vit was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding). Since the 19th century it developed into a small center on the main road between Besançon and Dole . It has a well-developed infrastructure and thus performs central functions for the surrounding agricultural area.
Since the 1970s, commercial and industrial zones have been created along the main road on the outskirts. Numerous different branches of industry are represented in Saint-Vit: plastics and metal processing, manufacture of precision tools, décolletage, an industrial bakery and wood processing. There are other jobs in the tertiary sector, in numerous retail outlets, in the hospitality industry and in two temporary offices located in Saint-Vit. Saint-Vit has a college.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main road N73, which leads from Besançon to Dole. The closest connection to the A36 motorway , which crosses the municipality, is around 13 kilometers away. There are other road connections with Quingey , Recologne and Salans. Saint-Vit has a train station on the Dole – Besançon – Belfort railway line .
