Amage, Haute-Saône

Amage is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Amage situated at an altitude of 357 m above sea level, 9 km east of Luxeuil -les- Bains and about 35 km northeast of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in the northern part of the department, in the western foothills of the Vosges, a slight increase on the northern edge of the Talniederung Breuchin.

The area of ​​6:54 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the plateau landscape criss-crossed by valleys on the western edge of the Vosges. The southern boundary runs along the Breuchin, the multiple turn it flows through Alluvialniederung to the west. The flood plain is on average 340 m and has a width of approximately one kilometer.

From the river, the municipality's area extends northward over the Talniederung, the terrain terrace of Amage and a predominantly forested steep slope down to the adjacent plateaus of Grand and Petit Ban Ban in the west to the east. In between is the deeply cut valley of the Ruisseau de Caignevoivre, a short side of Bach's Breuchin. With 560 m Fahy is achieved on a hilltop, the highest elevation of Amage at Homestead Grand. On the northwestern part of the municipality extends to the ground in the valley of the Raddon down, another tributary of the Breuchin. In geological- tectonic respect the heights partly crystalline bedrock, partly from sandy- marly sediments of the Lias are built. On the plateaus are found glacial deposits from the Pleistocene. The entire municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges.

Neighboring communities of Amage are Saint- Bresson to the north, Sainte -Marie- de - Chanois to the east, La Proiselière -et- Langle and La Bruyère in the south and Breuchotte and Raddon -et- Chapendu in the West.

History

In the Middle Ages Amage belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. The local government had held the Lords of Faucogney. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Today Amage is a member of the 16- villages municipal association Communauté de communes des Mille Étangs. It belongs to the parish of Sainte -Marie- de - Chanois and does not have its own church.

Attractions

In the center are the ruins of a former Hospital of Antoniterordens. A statue found here of St. Anthony ( 15th or 16th century ) is kept in the Castle of Fougerolles.

Population

With 330 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) Amage one of the smaller towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 556 persons were still counted ), a continuous population growth was recorded since the mid-1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Amage was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. The water power of the streams was used for the operation of mills. Today, there are some establishments of local small businesses, including a company of plastics processing. In recent decades the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore 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 that leads from Luxeuil -les- Bains via Faucogney -et -la- Mer to Rupt -sur -Moselle. Further road links exist with La Proiselière and Saint- Bresson.

Amage | Amont -et- Effreney | Beulotte -Saint -Laurent | La Bruyère | Corravillers | Esmoulières | Faucogney -et -la -Mer | Les Fessey | La Longine | La Montagne | La Proiselière -et- Langle | Raddon -et- Chapendu | La Rosiere | Saint- Bresson | Sainte -Marie- de - Chanois | La Voivre

• Commune in the department of Haute- Saône
• Place in Franche -Comté