Fallon, Haute-SaÃ´ne

Fallon is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Fallon is located at an altitude of 340 m above sea level, 6 km southeast of Villers Exel and about 27 km east-southeast of the city of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in a valley in the headwaters of the Grand Ru on the northwestern edge of the hills, which stretches between the valleys of Ognon and Doubs, at the western foot of the projection of Grammont.

The area of 5.64 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the hills southeast of the Ognontals. The main part of the area occupied by the north open semicircular depression Fallon. It is drained by the Grand Ru, which is dammed below the village to a pond north to Scey. This trough with their relatively gently inclined slopes is primarily used for agricultural purposes. To the south runs a 100 m high terrain on stage to the adjacent plateaus. These include the outreaching to the north spur of Grammont ( Motte de Grammont ) and the heights of Bournois on which 434 m is the highest point of Fallon is achieved. To the west, the municipality's area extends over a saddle in the headwaters of the Ruisseau de Peute Vue and up on the hill of Bois du Chanoi (390 m). While the northern part of the municipality is composed mainly of sandy- marly layers of the Lias, the plateau is in the south from a resistant limestone layer of the middle Jurassic period.

Neighboring communities of Fallon are Les Magny and Mélecey in the north, Grammont in the east, the south and Bournois Abbenans in the West.

History

The territory of Fallon was inhabited very early what point several tumuli in the Bois de la Cote. In the Middle Ages Fallon made a fief of the rule Granges. The local noble family which has occupied since the 12th century, became extinct in the year 1431st Then the area under the Lords of Rain Court and Grammont was divided. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. In the 19th century Fallon was known for his foundry ( Manufacture of furnaces ) is far beyond the region. The foundry is no longer in operation today. Since 2000, Fallon is a member of the 33- villages municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays de Villers Exel.

Attractions

The Church of Fallon was built in the 19th century in the Gothic Revival style. Also worth seeing is the Fontaine- Lavoir from the 18th century, which formerly served as well, wash and livestock watering. In the village there is a seat of power in the 18th century and several houses dating from the 17th to the 19th century located in the traditional style of the Haute -Saône.

Population

With 308 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Fallon 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 514 persons were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1960s.

Economy and infrastructure

Fallon has long been a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards, vineyards and livestock ) embossed village. In addition, there are now several companies of local small businesses, including in the fields of precision engineering and metal processing. Meanwhile, the village has also changed 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 Abbenans after Georfans. Further road links exist with Bournois and Magny- le -Grand.

Commune in the department of Haute- Saône
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Lure Cantons of France Postal codes in France Ognon (Franche-Comté) Doubs (river) Autrey-le-Vay Granges-la-Ville Granges-le-Bourg Saint-Ferjeux Villafans

325555