Vennans
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Doubs | |
| Arrondissement | Besançon | |
| Canton | Baume-les-Dames | |
| Community association | Doubs Baumois | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 20 ' N , 6 ° 14' E | |
| height | 299-400 m | |
| surface | 1.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 259 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 190 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 25640 | |
| INSEE code | 25599 | |
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Vennans is a French municipality with 259 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Doubs in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Vennans is located 317 meters above sea level, nine kilometers west of Baume-les-Dames and about 19 kilometers northeast of the city of Besançon (as the crow flies). The village extends in the undulating landscape between the river valleys of Doubs and Ognon , on the southern edge of a wide basin at the foot of the forest heights of the Bois du Poirier.
The area of the 1.36 km² municipal area covers a section in the extreme northwestern mountain ranges of the Jura . The northern part of the area is occupied by a basin that averages 320 meters. It is partly with arable land and meadow, partly with forest. To the south, the community area extends over a relatively steep slope onto the wide ridge of the Bois du Poirier , which separates the basin from the Doube valley. The highest point in the Vennans is reached at 400 meters at this height in the forest. There are no above-ground rivers in the entire area because the rainwater seeps into the karstified subsoil.
Neighboring municipalities of Vennans are Le Puy and Saint-Hilaire in the north, Roulans in the south and Pouligney-Lusans in the west.
history
Vennans developed at a Templar priory. Together with Franche-Comté , the village finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678.
population
| Population development | |
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| year | Residents |
| 1962 | 20th |
| 1968 | 26th |
| 1975 | 16 |
| 1982 | 31 |
| 1990 | 77 |
| 1999 | 90 |
| 2004 | 157 |
| 2016 | 261 |
With 259 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) Vennans is one of the small communities in the Doubs department. After the population in the first half of the 20th century had always been in the range between 15 and 33 people, a marked increase in population has been recorded since the beginning of the 1980s. Since then the number of inhabitants has increased more than tenfold.
Economy and Infrastructure
Until well into the 20th century, Vennans was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. In addition, there are now a few local small-scale businesses, including a metal construction company and an import-export company. In the meantime, the village has also turned into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who go to work in the Besançon agglomeration.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a departmental road that leads from Pouligney to Saint-Hilaire. The closest connection to the A36 motorway is around nine kilometers away. Another road connection is with Roulans.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Doubs. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-087-6 , pp. 1171-1172.
