Soing-Cubry-Charentenay
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin | |
| Community association | Combes | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 35 ' N , 5 ° 53' E | |
| height | 195-268 m | |
| surface | 28.63 km 2 | |
| Residents | 570 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 20 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70130 | |
| INSEE code | 70492 | |
Soing-Cubry-Charentenay is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Soing-Cubry-Charentenay is located at an altitude of 205 m above sea level, about 22 kilometers west of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village extends in the west of the department, on the southern edge of the Saône lowlands , north of the Bois de Soing plateau .
The area of the 28.63 km² municipal area covers a section of the central Saône valley. The northern border mostly runs along the Saône, which flows here with large loops through a wide alluvial lowland to the southwest. The flood plain is on average 200 m and has a maximum width of two kilometers. The river has been developed into a waterway, with the loops being cut off by side channels. The parts of the stretch not used by the canal therefore show near-natural bank areas, and the river forms islands here in several places.
From the course of the river, the community area extends southwards over the valley floodplain and a steep slope up to 50 m high on the adjacent plateau. This plateau consists of an alternating layer of calcareous and sandy-marl sediments from the upper Jurassic period . It is subdivided by the valley basin of the Ruisseau des Puits , which is dammed up into several ponds and flows into the Saône at Cubry, and other basins. The fertile soils of the valley and plateau are mainly used for agriculture. At 268 m, the highest point in Soing-Cubry-Charentenay is reached on the hilltop east of Soing. The eastern part of the municipality in particular is characterized by extensive forests: Bois de Soing , Bois de la Perrière , La Bouloye and Bois l'Abbé on the eastern border.
The municipality consists of the following districts:
- Soing (204 m), on an arch of the Saône that extends to the south
- Charentenay (205 m), on the southern edge of the Saône valley, opposite Ray-sur-Saône
- Cubry-lès-Soing (212 m), in a cleared island in the hollow of the Ruisseau des Puits, west of the Bois l'Abbé
Neighboring municipalities of Soing-Cubry-Charentenay are Vanne , Fédry and Chantes in the north, Traves , Vy-le-Ferroux and Noidans-le-Ferroux in the east, Vezet and Fresne-Saint-Mamès in the south and Vellexon-Queutrey-et-Vaudey and Ray-sur-Saône to the west.
history
The municipality was already settled in prehistoric times, as evidenced by a tumulus in the La Motte corridor. In the Middle Ages, the area belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . The spellings Soings , Soynx , Soinx and Sainz have been handed down for Soing from the Middle Ages . The name goes back to the old French word saigne (swamp). Soing and Cubry each formed a free county fiefdom. That of Soing belonged to the Fouvent rule before it passed to the Vergy family in 1256 and to the von Rupt family in 1302 , who held it until the French Revolution. Charentenay is first mentioned in a document in 1242. The place name is derived from the Gallic personal name Carento and the suffix -acum and means something like court of Carento . It was owned by the Hospitallers .
Together with Franche-Comté , the villages finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. The area changed in 1972 when the previously independent municipality of Soing (1968: 297 inhabitants), Cubry-lès-Soing (1968: 103 inhabitants) and Charentenay (1968: 75 inhabitants) became the new municipality of Soing-Cubry-Charentenay united.
Attractions
The church of Soing was rebuilt in the 18th century in the classical style. The furnishings include a richly carved pulpit, paneling in the Louis-seize style and a group of statues. The church of Charentenay also dates from the 18th century with grave slabs and furniture from the time it was built. Cubry Church (19th century) has Empire style furniture. Also worth seeing are two crosses from the 16th century, including the Croix des Beaux-Regards. Also worth mentioning are the Soing and Cubry lavoirs, which once served as a wash house and cattle trough. The Fontaine des Ormois, built in 1780, is located on the edge of the Bois de Soing. The Eiffel Tower by Soing, built in 1992, is a replica of its original in Paris on a 1:20 scale.
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 539 |
| 1968 | 475 |
| 1975 | 395 |
| 1982 | 434 |
| 1990 | 477 |
| 1999 | 486 |
With 570 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Soing-Cubry-Charentenay is one of the small communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (in 1881 there were still 1059 people in today's municipal area), a slight increase in population was recorded again from 1975 to 2000. Since then, a downward trend has been observed again.
Economy and Infrastructure
Soing-Cubry-Charentenay was a village that was dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry until well into the 20th century. Today there are some local small businesses, mainly in the precision engineering, wood processing and transport industries. 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 located off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Fresne-Saint-Mamès to Scey-sur-Saône . There are other road connections with Vanne, Chantes and Traves.
Web links
- Private website about Charentenay (French)