Secenans
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Villersexel | |
| Community association | Pays de Villersexel | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 33 ' N , 6 ° 34' E | |
| height | 293-383 m | |
| surface | 2.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 178 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 62 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70400 | |
| INSEE code | 70484 | |
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Secenans is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Secenans is located at an altitude of 300 m above sea level, eleven kilometers east of Villersexel and about 18 kilometers west-northwest of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends in the hilly landscape in the southeast of the department, in a basin of the river Scey north of the Bois de la Pérouse .
The area of the 2.88 km² municipal area comprises a section of the hilly landscape between the valleys of Ognon and Doubs . The eastern border mostly runs along the Scey, which flows here through a valley from south to north and provides drainage to the Ognon. To the west the community area extends to a plateau that is mainly used for agriculture. It is separated from the northern basin of Granges by a hill. In the south, the municipality extends to the heights of the Bois de la Pérouse, on which the highest elevation of Secenans is reached with 383 m.
Neighboring municipalities of Secenans are Granges-la-Ville and Granges-le-Bourg in the north, Crevans-et-la-Chapelle-lès-Granges in the east, Vellechevreux-et-Courbenans in the south and Senargent-Mignafans in the west.
history
Secenans is first mentioned in the 14th century under the name Sessenans . The place name is derived from the Germanic personal name Siso . In the Middle Ages, Secenans belonged to the Granges rule, which was under the sovereignty of the Counts of Montbéliard. Together with Franche-Comté , the village finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
In 1807 Secenans merged with various other localities to form the large municipality of Granges-le-Bourg. Secenans separated from this large community in 1832 and regained its independence. During the Second World War, the village was bombed in 1944 and badly affected. Since 2000 Secenans has been a member of the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Villersexel, which comprises 33 localities .
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 124 |
| 1968 | 137 |
| 1975 | 145 |
| 1982 | 146 |
| 1990 | 151 |
| 1999 | 120 |
| 2016 | 179 |
With 178 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Secenans is one of the smallest municipalities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1901 were 180 people, in 1946 only 44 inhabitants were counted), population growth was recorded again. Since the 1960s there have only been relatively minor fluctuations.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Secenans was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding). The water power of the streams used to be used to operate several mills. Today there are various local small businesses, including a sawmill. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many employed people are therefore commuters who go to work in the larger towns in the vicinity and in the Belfort-Montbéliard agglomeration.
The village is well developed in terms of traffic. It is located on the main road D9, which leads from Héricourt to Villersexel. Other road connections exist with Granges-la-Ville, Granges-le-Bourg, Courbenans and Mignafans.