Velleguindry-et-Levrecey
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton |
Scey-sur-Saône- et-Saint-Albin |
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| Community association | Combes | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 34 ' N , 6 ° 6' E | |
| height | 286-455 m | |
| surface | 10.54 km 2 | |
| Residents | 156 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70000 | |
| INSEE code | 70535 | |
Velleguindry-et-Levrecey is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Velleguindry-et-Levrecey is located at an altitude of 332 m above sea level, about eight kilometers south-southwest of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village extends in the central part of the department, in a hollow in the hilly landscape that extends between the river valleys of Saône in the north-west and Ognon in the south, at the north foot of the Bois du Chanois.
The area of the 10.54 km² municipal area includes a section in the hilly area east of the Saône basin. The central part of the area is occupied by the Velleguindry basin, which averages 320 m. It has a width of about one kilometer and is oriented towards the southwest-northeast. Agricultural use predominates here, while the surrounding heights are predominantly forest-covered. The hollow is flanked in the southeast by the summit of the Bois du Chanois , on which the highest point of Velleguindry-et-Levrecey is reached at 455 m. On the northwest side of the Mulde, the Bois de la Craye (380 m) and the Bois de Chaux form the demarcation. A saddle leads south-west to the Levrecey basin. To the west, the community area extends over the Andelarre depression to the ridge of the Bois Monsieur (376 m). The hilly area consists of limestone layers from the middle Jurassic period . There are no surface rivers in the entire municipal area because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil.
The double community consists of the districts Velleguindry (332 m) and Levrecey (331 m) on the northern edge of the Grand Bois de Mailley. Neighboring municipalities of Velleguindry-et-Levrecey are Andelarrot in the north, Vellefaux and Échenoz-le-Sec in the east, Le Magnoray and Mailley-et-Chazelot in the south and Baignes and Velle-le-Châtel in the west.
history
Traces from the Neolithic indicate a very early settlement of the area. In the Middle Ages, Velleguindry belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . The local rule was held by the noble family of the same name, whose existence is documented from the 12th to the 16th century. Together with Franche-Comté , the village finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. The area changed in 1807 when Velleguindry and Levrecey (1806: 145 inhabitants) merged to form a double community. Today, Velleguindry-et-Levrecey is a member of the Communauté de communes des Combes, which comprises 22 villages .
Attractions
The village church of Velleguindry was built in 1774. It is richly decorated , including furniture from the 18th century, a grave slab from the 16th century and statues from the 16th and 17th centuries. Century.
The castle in Levrecey dates from the 18th century. In 1871 an obelisk was erected as a memorial stone for the soldiers killed in the Franco-German War.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 81 |
| 1968 | 88 |
| 1975 | 108 |
| 1982 | 106 |
| 1990 | 125 |
| 1999 | 150 |
| 2006 | 157 |
With 156 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Velleguindry-et-Levrecey is one of the small communities in the Haute-Saône department. After the number of inhabitants had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (241 people were counted in 1881), population growth has been recorded again since the beginning of the 1970s. Since then the population has almost doubled.
Economy and Infrastructure
Velleguindry-et-Levrecey is still a village dominated by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Outside of the primary sector there are few jobs in town. Many workers are therefore commuters who go to work in the larger towns of the Vesoul agglomeration.
The place is off the major thoroughfares on a department road that leads from the D474 (Vesoul - Gray) to Vellefaux. Further road connections exist with Mailley and Andelarrot.
