Tournans

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

Geography

Tournans is located on 395 m, 7 km north-northwest of Baume- les -Dames and about 30 km northeast of the city of Besançon (air line). The village is located in the rolling countryside between the river valleys of the Doubs River in the south and Ognon in the north, on a plateau south of the valley of Crenu.

The area of 9:14 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the undulating countryside between Doubs and Ognon. The central part of the area is occupied by a plateau, which is on average 400 m south and connects to the valley of the Crenu. It is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land. The area is drained by the Rupt de Vaulx north to Crenu. In the south the plateau of the forest heights of the Bois Verdot (440 m ) and the Bois du Raz is flanked ( to 440 m). To the southwest, the municipality's area extends over an above ground septic dump up to the ridge of the Bois des Ranvers, on the 457 meters, the highest elevation of Tournans is achieved.

To Tournans the hamlet of Les Monts de Vaux part (410 m) on a clearing south of the Bois des Ranvers. Neighboring communities of Tournans are Rognon, Puessans and Huanne -Mont Martin in the north, Trouvans and Verne in the east, and La Fontenotte Bretenière in the south and Battenans -les -Mines and Tallans in the West.

History

Seen from the remains of a settlement site and graves show that the municipality of Tournans was already inhabited during the Gallo- Roman period. In the Middle Ages Tournans belonged to the rule Mont Martin. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Today Tournans is part of the municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays de Rougemont.

Attractions

The village church of Tournans was extensively rebuilt in the 19th century. In-room amenities include remarkable statues from the 15th century and a grave slab of 1525.

Population

With 120 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Tournans is one of the smallest municipalities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1891 313 persons were still counted ), only relatively small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1960s.

Economy and infrastructure

Tournans was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry 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 therefore commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work.

The village is located off the major thoroughfares on a secondary road that leads from Rognon after Autechaux. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 8 km. Further road links exist with Huanne -Mont Martin and Trouvans.

Municipality in the department of Doubs
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Cantons of France Postal codes in France Baume-les-Dames Doubs (river) Ognon (Franche-Comté) Rognon (Doubs) Verne (Doubs) Battenans-les-Mines A36 autoroute Fontenelle-Montby Gondenans-les-Moulins Gondenans-Montby Montagney-Servigney Nans (Doubs)

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