Soye
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Montbeliard | |
| Canton | Bavans | |
| Community association | Deux Vallées Vertes | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 27 ' N , 6 ° 30' E | |
| height | 287-507 m | |
| surface | 13.89 km 2 | |
| Residents | 390 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25250 | |
| INSEE code | 25553 | |
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Soye is a French municipality with 390 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Soye is located at 310 m , seven kilometers west of L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs and about 24 kilometers west-southwest of the city of Montbéliard (as the crow flies). The village extends in a basin of the Ruisseau de Soye north of the Doube valley , in the undulating landscape on the southern edge of the limestone plateau between the valleys of Doubs and Ognon .
The area of the 13.89 km² municipal area covers a section north of the Doubstal. The central part of the area is occupied by the Soye basin, which is around 500 meters wide. It is drained by the Ruisseau de Soye south to the Doubs. To the west, the community soil extends to the heights of the Grand Bois (up to 405 m). To the north of the Soye basin, a slope predominantly made up of arable and meadow land rises gently to the adjacent limestone plateau, on which Soye's highest elevation is reached at 507 meters. There are no surface rivers here because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil. The Gouffre de Pourpevelle , a cave with an underground watercourse, is located near the northwestern edge of the municipality . The eastern municipal boundary runs in a dry valley .
Neighboring municipalities of Soye are Bournois and Accolans in the north, Mancenans in the east, Pompierre-sur-Doubs in the south and Fontaine-lès-Clerval and Gondenans-Montby in the west.
history
Soye's origins go back to the construction of a castle in the 12th century. From that time on, Soye formed a dominion that was closely linked to the Lieu-Croissant Monastery in neighboring Mancenans. In 1354 the estate passed to the von Neuchâtel family. The original castle was demolished in 1668 on the orders of the French King Louis XIV . Together with Franche-Comté , Soye came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Soye is part of the Deux Vallées Vertes municipal association .
Attractions
The village church of Saint-Désiré-et-Rainfroid was rebuilt in 1836. A country chapel is located in the open field northeast of the village. Only a few remains of the medieval castle are visible. Today's château, situated in a park, was built at the beginning of the 18th century and has two squat towers.
Saint-Dizier church
Soye Castle
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 256 |
| 1968 | 230 |
| 1975 | 218 |
| 1982 | 238 |
| 1990 | 247 |
| 1999 | 252 |
| 2006 | 284 |
| 2006 | 385 |
With 390 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Soye is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (508 people were still counted in 1891), slight population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Soye was a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. In addition, there are now some local small businesses. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who work in the larger towns in the area.
The village is off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs to Rougemont . The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around 14 kilometers away. Further road connections exist with Bournois, Pompierre-sur-Doubs and Clerval .
