Venère
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Vesoul | |
| Canton | Marnay | |
| Community association | Val de Gray | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 22 ' N , 5 ° 41' E | |
| height | 215-261 m | |
| surface | 7.96 km 2 | |
| Residents | 218 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70100 | |
| INSEE code | 70542 | |
Venère is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Venère is located at an altitude of 242 m above sea level, eleven kilometers southeast of Gray and about 30 kilometers northwest of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the south of the department, east of the Saône plain on a plateau that extends west of the heights of the Monts de Gy .
The area of the 7.96 km² municipal area comprises a section of the gently undulating landscape between the valley plains of Ognon in the south and Saône in the north. The main part of the area is taken up by a plateau, which averages 240 m. It is made up of Tertiary and Cretaceous sediments and is mainly used for agriculture. Through the Ruisseau de Venère , the plateau is drained to the north via the Ténise to the Saône. In the west, the municipality extends into the forest of the Bois d'Arsans , in the south to the Bois de la Féole . At 261 m, the highest point of Venère is reached on a hill in the southeast.
Neighboring communities of Venère are Champtonnay and Onay in the north, Cugney in the east, Bonboillon and Chancey in the south and Valay in the south-west.
history
A necropolis from the Hallstatt period indicates a very early settlement of the community area. In the Middle Ages, Venère was part of the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont area . The Venère noble family, who ruled the area, has been documented since 1180. Together with Franche-Comté , Venère finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. Today Venère is a member of the community association Communauté de communes du Val de Pesmes, comprising 18 villages .
Attractions
The village church of Notre-Dame de la Nativité originally dates from the Middle Ages, but has been redesigned several times over the years. The nave and bell tower were rebuilt in the 18th century and house remarkable furnishings from this period, including the richly carved wooden altar. A side chapel with tombstones of the local noble family is dated to 1556.
Also worth seeing are a former mansion and the Mairie (parish hall), which is housed in the former lavoir .
population
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 163 |
| 1968 | 159 |
| 1975 | 148 |
| 1982 | 156 |
| 1990 | 127 |
| 1999 | 151 |
With 218 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Venère 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 (292 people were still counted in 1886), only relatively minor fluctuations have been recorded since the early 1970s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Venère was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. Today there are some local small businesses, including 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 well developed in terms of traffic. It is on the main D67 road from Besançon to Gray. Other road connections exist with Valay, Cugney and Onay.
