Silley-Bléfond
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Canton | Baume-les-Dames | |
| Community association | Doubs Baumois | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 19 ′ N , 6 ° 20 ′ E | |
| height | 290-569 m | |
| surface | 4.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 56 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 13 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25110 | |
| INSEE code | 25546 | |
 Mairie Silley-Bléfond |
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Silley-Bléfond is a French commune with a population of 56 (as at 1st January 2017) in the Doubs department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Silley-Bléfond is 410 m , four kilometers southwest of Baume-les-Dames and about 24 kilometers east-northeast of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the Jura , on the so-called first plateau, a wide basin at the southern foot of the Jura border chain (Côte) with the Mont Dommage.
The area of the 4.34 km² large municipality covers a section of the French Jura. The southern part of the area is occupied by the wide first Jura plateau, which is an average of 390 m. It forms a wide, partially karstified basin. In the area of Silley, the plateau is predominantly made up of arable and meadow land. To the south, the municipality extends into the ravine-like valley of the Audeux , on the southern slope of which the municipal boundary runs.
To the north, the community area extends over the elongated, wooded ridge of the Jura ridge ( Côte ) with the summit of Mont Dommage . This ridge separates the plateau from the deeply cut Doubstal to the north and is oriented towards the southwest-northeast. At the height of Mont Dommage, the highest point of Silley-Bléfond is reached at 570 m.
The double community consists of the districts of Silley ( 410 m ) on the plateau at the foot of Mont Dommage and Bléfond ( 370 m ) above the valley of Audeux. Neighboring municipalities of Silley-Bléfond are Esnans in the north, Baume-les-Dames , Pont-les-Moulins and Adam-lès-Passavant in the east, Saint-Juan in the south and Bretigney-Notre-Dame in the west.
history
In 1810 the previously independent Bléfond was incorporated into Silley. In order to better distinguish it from Silley-Amancey , which is also located in the Doubs department, the name of the municipality was officially changed to Silley-Bléfond in 1922.
Attractions
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The chapel in Bléfond was built in the 19th century. The foundations of the keep and remains of the fortification walls have been preserved from a medieval castle from the 12th century.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 59 |
| 1968 | 62 |
| 1975 | 57 |
| 1982 | 57 |
| 1990 | 47 |
| 1999 | 59 |
| 2016 | 53 |
With 56 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), Silley-Bléfond is one of the smallest communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased markedly in the first half of the 20th century (139 people were still counted in 1886), slight population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1990s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Silley-Bléfond was mainly a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Even today, the residents live mainly from their work in the first sector. Outside of the primary sector there are almost no jobs in the village. Some workers are also commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
The village is located off the main thoroughfares near a departmental road that leads from Baume-les-Dames to Nancray .
