Velet
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Gray | |
| Community association | Val de Gray | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 26 ' N , 5 ° 34' E | |
| height | 187-241 m | |
| surface | 6.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 393 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 65 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70100 | |
| INSEE code | 70529 | |
Velet is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Velet is located at an altitude of 198 m above sea level, three kilometers southwest of Gray and about 41 kilometers west-northwest of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the southwest of the department, in the Gray plain, in the valley of the Saône , on the western edge of the Forêt des Hauts Bois.
The area of the 6.05 km² municipality covers a section of the central Saône valley. The western border always runs along the Saône, which flows here with several large loops through an alluvial plain . The plain averages 185 m and has a width of about three kilometers. From the course of the river, the municipal area extends eastward over the valley floor, which is partly used for agriculture and partly with forest ( Bois de la Vaivre ). Further to the east, the terrain rises slightly to a plateau made up of Tertiary sediments . The eastern border is marked by the forest edge of the Forêt des Hauts Bois (communal forest of Gray). The highest elevation of Velet is reached here at 241 m.
The hamlet of La Grange-des-Carmes (215 m) on the edge of the Forêt des Hauts Bois belongs to Velet . Neighboring municipalities of Velet are Gray-la-Ville in the north, Gray in the east, Esmoulins in the south and Mantoche in the west.
history
Traces of a Neolithic settlement point indicate a very early settlement of the area. In the Middle Ages, Velet belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont area . The village was dependent on Gray, but the Corneux monastery also owned goods and properties in Velet. In 1363 the village was destroyed by the Grandes Compagnies under the French King John II . Together with Franche-Comté , Velet finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Ecclesiastically, the village always belonged to the parish Gray-la-Ville. Today, Velet is a member of the communal association Communauté de communes du Val de Gray, which comprises 16 villages .
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 313 |
| 1968 | 332 |
| 1975 | 383 |
| 1982 | 410 |
| 1990 | 426 |
| 1999 | 445 |
With 432 inhabitants (2007) Velet 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 1891 there were still 433 people), the population has continued to grow steadily since the early 1960s. Today Velet belongs to the Gray agglomeration and has grown together with the neighboring municipality of Gray-la-Ville.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Velet was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Today there are various local small-scale businesses, mainly in the construction industry and in a gravel works. 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 place is off the major thoroughfares on a department road that leads from Gray to Apremont.
