Pugey
Pugey is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Pugey is located at 408 m, about 7 km southwest of the city of Besançon (air line). The village is located in the western Jura, in a wide, opening to the south valley in the Jura - edge chain, which connects south to the valley of the Doubs.
The area of 7:32 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the western French Jura. The northern part of the area occupied by the basin of Pugey. It is surrounded by the foothills of the Jura - edge chain, on the 485 meters, the highest elevation of Pugey is achieved. The trough is drained to the south by a short stream that trickles on the adjacent so-called first plateau of the Jura. About a 50 m high terrain level, the municipality's area extends south to the predominantly forested plateau of the Grand Bois.
To Pugey addition to the actual site include several hamlets and isolated farms, including:
- Les Clairons (380 m) on the plateau at the southern foot of the Jura - edge chain
- Bonnet- Rond (390 m ) on the ascent to the plateau of the Grand Bois
- Chalet d' Arguel (408 m) on the plateau of Grand Bois
Neighboring communities of Pugey are Beure in the north, and Arguel Montrond- le -Château in the east, and Épeugney Chenecey- Buillon in the south and Larnod in the West.
History
In the Middle Ages Pugey belonged to the rule Arguel. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 to France.
Attractions
The village church of Pugey was built in the 18th century. In the center, which is characterized by different farmhouses in the characteristic style of the Franche -Comté from the 17th to the 19th centuries, there are also the seat of power Château Bassand and the Mairie ( Municipal House ) from the mid-18th century. In the hamlet Chalet d' Arguel is a chapel.
Population
With 793 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Pugey one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (1891 307 persons were still counted ), a striking increase in population was recorded since the early 1970s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Pugey was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Since the 1970s, on the outskirts, a small industrial zone developed in which firms in the transport industry and Micromechanics have settled. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the area, particularly in Besançon their work.
The village is located off the major thoroughfares of the secondary road D473 which leads from Besançon Levier. Further road links exist with Quingey and Montfaucon.
Abban lingerie | Abban -Dessus | Avanne - Aveney | Boussières | Busy | Byans -sur -Doubs | Grand Fontaine | Larnod | Mont Ferrand -le- Château | Osselle | Pugey | Rancenay | Roset - Fluans | Routelle | Saint -Vit | Thoraise | Torpes | Velesmes - Dessessart | Villars -Saint -Georges | Vorges -les-Pins
- Municipality in the department of Doubs
- Place in Franche -Comté