Dambenoît-lès-Colombe

Dambenoît -lès -Colombe is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Dambenoît -lès -Colombe is located at an altitude of 319 m above sea level, 10 km west-northwest of Lure and about 21 km northeast of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in the central part of the department, on the western edge of the plain of Lure, at the eastern foot of the height of Mont d' Ahie.

The area of ​​8.69 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the level of Lure. The eastern part of the municipality is occupied by the alluvial plain, which is on average 320 m. Agricultural land use predominates here. The area is drained by the Bauvier to the east.

South and west of Dambenoît the terrain rises to the most wooded heights of Châtillon ( 391 m) and Mont Chavrot (421 m). They form the watershed between the catchment areas of Ognon and Saône. Further to the west connects the valley of the Colombine this belongs Durgeon to the catchment area. The western boundary is formed by the long-drawn, running in a north-south direction ridge of the Grand Bois de Genevrey, whose northern conclusion of the Mont d' Ahie forms. With 448 m find the highest mountains of Dambenoît -lès -Colombe is achieved. In geological- tectonic terms, the more western community in relief section of a alternation of sandy- marly and calcareous sediments is established, which were deposited during the Lias ( Lower Jurassic ). At different locations is also evident limestone of the Middle Triassic.

The municipality consists of the following districts:

• Dambenoît (319 m) ​​on the western edge of the plain of Lure
• Colombe- lès- Bithaine (318 m) in the valley of the Colombine east of Grand Bois de Genevrey

Neighboring communities of Dambenoît -lès -Colombe are Ailloncourt and Citers in the north, Antiquers in the east, Adelans -et- le -Val -de- Bithaine in the south and Genevrey in the West.

History

Remains of a burial site from the Merovingian period point to an early settlement of the area. Is first mentioned Dambenoît only in 1230, but the parish, which was from the monastery Calmoutier dependent, is much older. In the Middle Ages Dambenoît belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. The local government had held the Lords of Faucogney. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. To a field change occurred in 1972 when the previously independent municipalities Dambenoît and Colombe- lès- Bithaine (1968: 19 inhabitants ) were merged. Today Dambenoît -lès -Colombe is a member of the 14 localities comprehensive community association Communauté de communes des Franches - Communes.

Attractions

The church of Saint - Bénigne was rebuilt in 1785, the present chancel dates from the 19th century. For the remarkable interiors the pulpit in the Gothic Revival style, a wooden crucifix from the 18th century and frescoes include two ( 18th century to 1900). Additional area attractions include the Fountain ( 1889 ) with a large pool of water from red sandstone and two Calvaires in Colombe- lès- Bithaine.

Population

With 280 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) Dambenoît -lès -Colombe is one of the small towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 or 486 persons were on the church today counted ground ), a population growth has been recorded since the early 1970s again. Only in recent years, the result was again a downward trend.

Economy and infrastructure

Dambenoît -lès -Colombe was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Today, there are some establishments of local small businesses. 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 is situated away from the larger passage axes on a secondary road that leads from Adelans to La Chapelle- lès- Luxeuil. Further road links exist with Velleminfroy and Citers.