Bucey-lès-Gy

Bucey -lès- Gy is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Bucey -lès- Gy lies at an altitude of 229 m above sea level, 3 km northeast of Gy and about 25 km northwest of the city of Besançon (air line). The village is located in the southwest of the department, at the northwest foot of the heights of the Monts de Gy, at the outlet of Morthe in the basin of the Saone.

The area of ​​21.30 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the undulating landscape between the river valleys of the Saône and Ognon. Geographically, the area is divided into two parts. The smaller northwestern part of a basin, a so-called alluvial ingested, which is on average 210 m. It is drained by the Morte, which sections marks the northern boundary of the municipality, west to the Saône. The fertile soils are mainly used for agricultural purposes.

To the southeast the terrain gradually rises to the heights of the Monts de Gy. These are divided by the valley of the Morte, which rises near Saint- Maurice. Above Bucey, the hills rise Folle (311 m) and Champtourneaux that offer a beautiful view of the surroundings. South of the Morte Valley has a large part of the ridge Bois de Plumont ( 379 m) to Bucey. Further to the south-east, the municipality's area covers over the part of meadow land, but mostly with forest -lined high plateau of the Grand Bois de Bucey, in the 406 m, the highest elevation of Bucey -lès- Gy is reached. This plateau shows no surface watercourses, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. In geological- tectonic respect, the Monts de Gy consist of an alternation of calcareous and sandy- marly sediments that were deposited in the middle and upper Jurassic and in the Cretaceous period. The eastern boundary is marked by the valley section of the Ruisseau de Poussot, a right tributary of the Ognon.

At Bucey -lès- Gy addition to the actual site also includes the two hamlets Roche ( 235 m) in the valley of the Morte and Saint- Maurice ( 290 m) in a basin in the Monts de Gy. Neighboring communities of Bucey -lès- Gy are Vellefrey -et- Vellefrange, Vantoux -et- Longevelle and Velleclaire in the north, Oiselay -et- Grachaux and Montboillon in the east, Gézier -et- Fontenelay Gy to the south and the west.

History

The territory of Bucey -lès- Gy was inhabited in prehistoric times. From the time of the Chalcolithic several tumuli come.

In the Middle Ages Bucey belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. Since 1091 the resident in Gy archbishops of Besançon held the rule. Together with the Franche -Comté Bucey came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. The town of Saint- Maurice was destroyed in 1944 largely by German troops as part of a retaliatory act. Today Bucey -lès- Gy is a member of the comprehensive 20 villages municipal association Communauté de communes des Monts de Gy.

Attractions

Bucey -lès- Gy has preserved its townscape in the style of a typical wine village and has been awarded the label " Petite Cité Morbier of Character ". In the old town, numerous civil and wine cellars from the 17th to the 19th century preserved. On a hill above the village is the church of Saint -Martin, which originally dates from the 14th century, but was rebuilt in the 16th century and 1760. In the 18th century Chapelle du Clos was built. The Mairie (Town Hall ) dates from the time of the Second Empire. The village square was redesigned in 1994 with elements of modern art. Also worth seeing are the Lavoir ( 19th century) and the Calvaire in Rochester from the 17th century.

Population

With 642 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Bucey -lès- Gy one of the smaller towns in the Haute- Saône. The highest population was registered in the period around 1840, when Bucey -lès- Gy counted almost 1800 people. Subsequently, the population decreased continuously (1881 or 1366 inhabitants). A stabilization in the range between 550 and 650 people joined in 1930. Since then, small fluctuations were only recorded.

Economy and infrastructure

Bucey -lès- Gy has long been a predominantly by agriculture ( farming, viticulture and animal husbandry ) and forestry embossed village. Today there are various companies of small and medium enterprises. The most important employer is a company in the heating technology sector ( Franche -Comté Chauffage ). In recent decades the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village has good transport links. It lies on the main road D474 which leads from Gray via Gy to Vesoul. Further road links exist with Vellefrey and Vantoux.