Rancenay

Rancenay is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Rancenay is located on 252 m, about 8 km southwest of the city of Besançon ( straight line ). The village is located on the western edge of the Jura, on a saddle of the Jura chain border, north of the Doubstals.

The area of ​​3.66 km ² municipal area comprises a portion of Doubstals. The central part of the area occupied by the approximately 500 to 700 m wide, flat Talniederung of the Doubs. In the Talniederung is located next to the river and the Rhine - Rhone canal, which has a lock at Rancenay. The south of the Doubstals located escarpment also belongs to the municipality. To the north, the municipality's area extends over the elongated ridge of the castle hill of Mont Ferrand and the amount of Rancenay that the system of law - edge chain belong to geological- tectonic terms, to the adjacent gently rolling countryside west of Besançon. With 372 m is reached on this ridge, the highest point of Rancenay.

To Rancenay the hamlet Double - Ecluse part (230 m) at the lock facilities on the south side of Doubstals. Neighboring communities of Rancenay are Avanne - Aveney in the north, Larnod in the east, Busy in the south and Mont Ferrand -le- Château in the West.

History

The first mention of Rancenay was already in the 10th century. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the first rule Mont Ferrand, then the Gauthiot family before it came to the Jesuit College of Besançon in 1629. Together with the Franche -Comté Rancenay came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France.

Attractions

East open field, the village is the church of Notre- Dame des Champs, originally dates from the 14th century and was extensively restored between 1833 and 1834. The bell tower is dated to the year 1725.

Population

With 298 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Rancenay one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (1886 143 persons were still counted ), a significant population increase has been recorded since the early 1950s again. Since then, the population has tripled.

Economy and infrastructure

Rancenay was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture ( farming, fruit growing and dairy farming ) embossed village. In addition, there are today some of the local small business enterprises. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who engage in the agglomeration Besançon their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Avanne - Aveney to Mont Ferrand -le- Château. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 10 km.