Vouhenans
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
| Canton | Lure-2 | |
| Community association | Pays de Lure | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 39 ′ N , 6 ° 29 ′ E | |
| height | 277-333 m | |
| surface | 8.36 km 2 | |
| Residents | 371 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 44 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70200 | |
| INSEE code | 70577 | |
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Vouhenans is a municipality in the French department of Haute-Saône in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté .
geography
Vouhenans is located at an altitude of 295 m above sea level, four kilometers south-southwest of Lure and about 25 kilometers east of the city of Vesoul (as the crow flies). The village is located in the eastern part of the department, on the Lure plain, east of the Ognon river .
The area of the 8.36 km² large municipal area includes a section of the plain of Lure. The alluvial plain on the edge of the Vosges is an average of 285 m. It is traversed by the rivers of the Ognon and the Rahin , which flow with numerous windings through a formerly marshy area to the southwest. The plain is partly used for agriculture, partly with alluvial forest. Between Ognon and Rahin is the Butte de Châtillon hill , on which the highest point of Vouhenans is reached at 333 m. Together with the southern continuation, the Champ Grenier (313 m), it consists of shell limestone from the Middle Triassic .
The western boundary runs along the Ognon and its right side stream Reigne on the edge of the Bois de Talère . To the east, the community area extends over the Rahin lowland into the extensive forest of the Bois du Marais (308 m) and the Bois du Vernois (307 m), in which there are three fish ponds. From a geological and tectonic point of view, this section is made up of alternating layers of sandy-marly and calcareous sediments that were deposited during the Lias ( Lower Jurassic ).
The hamlet of Pont Charivari (286 m) in the lowland west of the Rahin belongs to Vouhenans . Neighboring municipalities of Vouhenans are Magny-Vernois and Lure in the north, Moffans-et-Vacheresse in the east, La Vergenne , Gouhenans and Le Val-de-Gouhenans in the south and Vy-lès-Lure in the west.
history
Vouhenans is first mentioned in 1178 under the name Vulnens . The name Vounens has been handed down from 1317 . In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in that part of the Bailliage d'Amont . Local rule was held by the Lure monastery. Together with Franche-Comté , Vouhenans finally came to France with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678. It was not until 1783 that the residents were granted certain freedoms. Today Vouhenans is a member of the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Lure, which comprises 22 localities .
Attractions
The Saint-Nicolas church was built at the beginning of the 18th century. Two side chapels were added in 1830. The furnishings include valuable furniture, including the richly carved choir stalls (18th century). In front of the church is the Croix Saint-Nicolas, a red sandstone cross dated 1503, which has been classified as a Monument historique since 1979 .
population
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| 1962 | 279 |
| 1968 | 313 |
| 1975 | 335 |
| 1982 | 343 |
| 1990 | 355 |
| 1999 | 403 |
| 2006 | 405 |
With 371 inhabitants (January 1, 2017), Vouhenans 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 (524 people were counted in 1881), the population has continued to grow steadily since the early 1960s.
Economy and Infrastructure
For a long time, Vouhenans was primarily a village characterized by agriculture (arable farming, viticulture, fruit growing and cattle breeding) and forestry. The hydropower of Ognon and Rahin was previously used to operate mills (Moulin Rouge, Moulin Blanc and Moulin Vert). Furthermore, gypsum mining and a blast furnace played an important role in the economic life of the village. Today there are various local small businesses. 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 main thoroughfares near a department road that leads from Lure to Villersexel . There are other road links with Les Aynans and Athesans. The railway line from Lure to Villersexel ran through the area and will be reactivated when the Rhin-Rhône TGV line is being built.
Personalities
- Pierre-Joseph Desault (1744–1795), French surgeon