Villers-Bouton
Villers -Bouton is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Villers -Bouton is located at an altitude of 330 m above sea level, 8 km west-northwest of Rioz and about 24 km north of the city of Besançon (air line). The village extends to the south of the department, on a plateau in the hill country that extends between the Saônebecken and the valley of the Ognon.
The area of 5.26 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the undulating landscape between the river valleys of the south and Ognon Saône in the northwest. The central part of the area is occupied by the plateau of Villers -Bouton, which is on average 350 m. It is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land. Flanked the plateau in the southeast of the plateau Les Aiguilles (380 m) and to the west of the hill of La Grande Plaine, on the 421 m, the highest elevation of Villers -Bouton is achieved. In geological terms, the plateau consists of an alternation of calcareous and sandy- marly sediments of the middle and upper Jurassic period, which are disturbed by several in the southwest-northeast -oriented faults. There are no surface watercourses, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground.
Neighboring communities of Villers -Bouton are Recologne -lès- Rioz in the north, Fondremand in the east, the south and cordonnet Fretigney -et- Velloreille in the West.
History
In the Middle Ages Villers -Bouton belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. The local government had held the Lords of Fondremand. Together with the Franche -Comté reached Villers -Bouton with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Today Villers -Bouton is a member of the comprehensive 28 villages municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays Riolais.
Attractions
The village chapel of Villers -Bouton was built at the beginning of the 19th century.
Population
With 166 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Villers -Bouton is one of the smallest municipalities in the department of Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased in the first half of the 20th century (1891 117 persons were still counted ), a slight population growth was recorded since the early 1980s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Villers -Bouton was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Outside of the primary sector, there are few jobs in the village. Some employed persons are also 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, leading from Oiselay -et- Grachaux after Rioz. Further road links exist with Recologne -lès- Rioz and Boult.
Aulx -lès- Cromary | Boulot | Boult | Bussières | Buthiers | Chambornay -lès- Bellevaux | Chaux -la- Lotière | Cirey | cordonnet | Cromary | Fondremand | Hyet | Maizières | La Malachère | Montarlot -lès- Rioz | Neuvelle -lès - Cromary | Pennesières | Perrouse | Quenoche | Recologne -lès- Rioz | Rioz | Sorans -lès -Breurey | Traitiéfontaine | Trésilley | Vandelans | Villers -Bouton | Voray -sur- l'Ognon
- Commune in the department of Haute- Saône
- Place in Franche -Comté