Voillans
Voillans is a commune in the French department Doubs in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Voillans is located on 390 m, 6 km northeast of Baume- les -Dames and about 34 km east-northeast of the city of Besançon ( straight line ). The village is located in the rolling countryside between the river valleys of Doubs and Ognon, in a depression on the southern edge of the plateau Les Mondrevaux.
The area of 10:12 km ² municipal area includes a section on the edge of the extreme north-western mountain ranges of the Jura. The main part of the territory occupied by the rolling countryside of a high plateau, which is an average of 420 meters. It consisted mainly of arable and meadow land, but also shows some larger forest areas. The only above-ground river is the Ruisseau de la Chenevière, which rises west of the village and a few 100 meters east seeps away again. The southern border is on a predominantly forested ridge that separates the plateau from the Doubs Valley. With 548 m find the highest mountains of Voillans is achieved.
To Voillans addition to the actual site also includes the hamlet of La Grange des Noyes (430 m) on the plateau at the edge of the Bois de Reuge as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Voillans are Viéthorey in the north, Fontaine- lès- Clerval and L' Hôpital- Saint- Lieffroy in the east, Hyèvre -Paroisse and Baume- les -Dames in the south and Autechaux and Vergranne in the West.
History
Is first mentioned Voillans in 1173 under the name Vaylans. The place name probably derives from the Germanic personal name Walo. In the Middle Ages Voillans belonged to the field of rule of Baume- les -Dames. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. After that it was the site of a high court. In the 19th century, iron ore was mined at Voillans that has been processed in Clerval. Since 2001 Voillans is part of the municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays Baumois.
Attractions
The church of Notre -Dame de la Nativity was built from 1767 to 1772, with the Gothic portal of the previous building was included. From the 18th-century Château, a former seat of power comes from.
Population
With 208 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Voillans one of the small communities of the department of Doubs. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1896 320 people were still counted ), a significant population increase has been recorded since the mid-1970s again. Since then, the population has doubled.
Economy and infrastructure
Voillans 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, including a sawmill. 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, leading from Autechaux after Clerval. The nearest links to the A36 motorway, which runs through the municipality, is located at a distance of about 5 km. Another road connection with Viéthorey.