Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Mélisey | |
| Community association | Haute Vallée de l'Ognon | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 47 ' N , 6 ° 38' E | |
| height | 345-870 m | |
| surface | 25.74 km 2 | |
| Residents | 487 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70270 | |
| INSEE code | 70498 | |
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Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint- Hilaire is a commune in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire is located at an altitude of 358 m above sea level, 15 kilometers northeast of Lure and about 24 kilometers northwest of the city of Belfort (as the crow flies). The village extends in the eastern part of the department, on the upper Ognon , in the southwestern Vosges , on the edge of the Plateau des Mille Étangs .
The area of the 25.74 km² municipal area covers a section of the southwestern Vosges. From northeast to southwest the area is crossed by the alluvial lowland of the Ognon. The flat floodplain lies at an average of 350 m and is around one kilometer wide. It is mainly used for agriculture. In the municipality, the Ognon takes on the Ruisseau de la Montagne and the Ruisseau Jeannot from the east and the Ruisseau du Bois du Frahier from the west .
The valley of the Ognon is flanked on its west side by the Plateau des Mille Étangs . The plateau shows a loose structure of forest, pasture land, heathland and moors. It reaches an average height of 500 m. In the basin there are numerous small lakes, which are predominantly of natural origin and formed during the Ice Age by glacier grinding. Some have also been dammed up and are used for fish farming. In the west, the community area extends to the headwaters of the Ruisseau de la Mer , another tributary of the Ognon. The northern parts are occupied by the forest heights of the Bois du Frahier and the Bois Saint-Hilaire (574 m).
East of the Ognon Valley, the densely forested slope rises steeply to the heights of the Montagne de Fresse , which forms the watershed to the Raddon Valley. At 870 m, the highest point of Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire is reached on the summit of the Bois du Sapoz in the far east. From a geological and tectonic point of view, the heights consist mainly of crystalline bedrock, in the higher altitudes one can also find red sandstone from the lower Triassic .
The municipality consists of the following settlements:
- Ternuay (340 m) on both sides of the Ognon
- Melay (455 m) on the plateau des Mille Étangs
- Saint-Hilaire (479 m) in the basin of the Ruisseau du Bois du Frahier on the plateau des Mille Étangs
Neighboring communities of Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire are Faucogney-et-la-Mer in the north, Servance-Miellin with Servance in the east, Fresse , Belonchamp and Mélisey in the south and Écromagny in the west.
history
In the Middle Ages, Ternuay belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in it to the area of the Bailliage d'Amont . The local rule was initially held by the Lords of Faucogney; from 1339 to 1553 the village belonged to the Barony Mélisey. Together with Franche-Comté , Ternuay finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. The area changed in 1806 when the three previously independent municipalities of Ternuay (1800: 700 inhabitants), Melay (1800: 157 inhabitants) and Saint-Hilaire (1800: 141 inhabitants) merged.
In the 19th century granite was mined and processed near Ternuay. The factory ceased operations around 1900. With the opening of the tram from Lure to Le Thillot (1895), Ternuay was connected to the public transport network. However, the line was stopped again at the beginning of World War II. Today Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire is a member of the community association Communauté de communes de la Haute Vallée de l'Ognon, which comprises 12 villages .
Attractions
The church of Ternuay was rebuilt in the 19th century with a mighty square tower. The remarkable furnishings include the remains of an altar from the 17th century, a richly carved group of statues from the 18th century and an altar from the 19th century.
The obelisk on the village square in front of the Mairie (municipal administration) dates from the time after the French Revolution. A three-arched stone bridge (around 1920) leads over the Ognon. The chapel at Saint-Hilaire was built in the 18th century. There are several Calvaries from the 17th and 18th centuries in the municipality .
Mairie of the parish
St. Valbert Church
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 586 |
| 1968 | 616 |
| 1975 | 561 |
| 1982 | 535 |
| 1990 | 502 |
| 1999 | 499 |
| 2006 | 519 |
With 487 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire is one of the smaller municipalities in the Haute-Saône department. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1184 people were counted in 1881), only relatively minor fluctuations have been recorded since the beginning of the 1980s.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire was a village dominated by agriculture (dairy farming, cattle breeding and arable farming), forestry and fish farming. Today there are some local small businesses, mainly in the wood processing and precision engineering 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 Lure via Mélisey to Le Thillot . Other road links exist with Faucogney-et-la-Mer and Écromagny.