Ambiévillers
Ambiévillers is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Ambiévillers situated at an altitude of 275 m above sea level, 8 km northeast of Vauvillers and about 40 km north of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in the extreme north of the department, at the edge of a plateau north of the valley of the coney, south of the forest heights of the Grand Bois.
The area of 12.30 km ² municipal area comprises a section in the rolling countryside east of the upper Saônetals. The southern border is always formed the Coney, who is several river bends here and ensures the drainage west to the Saône. Parallel north of the river runs the waterway of the Canal de l' Est. The Alluvialniederung is on average 245 m and has a maximum width of 500 meters.
From the river, the municipality's area extends northward over a steep slope on the adjacent plateau, which reaches a height of 290 m. Agricultural land use predominates here. Further north is dominated by vast forests. A 150 m high ground level leads up to the plateau of Grand Bois, at 492 meters the highest point of Ambiévillers is achieved. The eastern boundary runs partly along the Ruisseau de la face and its tributary Ruisseau du Bon Vin. The valley system flows east of the village in the valley of the Coney. With a narrow edge of the municipality sufficient ground north-west of the plateau of the Grand Bois in the valley of the Ruisseau du Morillon, another right tributary of the Coney. There is also the Etang du Morillon. In geological- tectonic respects the terrain consists of red sandstone of the Lower Triassic.
To Ambiévillers the hamlet Le Morillon (320 m) is in the valley of the Ruisseau du Morillon west of Grand Bois. Neighboring communities of Ambiévillers are Hennezel and Gruey -lès- Surance in the north, Fontenoy- le -Château and MONTMOTIER in the east, Le Magny in the southeast, Mailleroncourt -Saint- Pancras in the south and Pont -du -Bois and Passavant- la- Rochere in the West.
History
In the Middle Ages Ambiévillers belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. The local government had held the Lords of Vauvillers. During the Thirty Years' War, the town was ravaged in 1636 by troops of Duke Bernhard of Saxe- Weimar, where many residents were killed. Together with the Franche -Comté Ambiévillers came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Today Ambiévillers is a member of the 20 localities comprehensive community association Communauté de communes des Belles Sources.
Attractions
The village church of Ambiévillers in 1830 newly built houses and altars from the 18th century and a statuette of St. Bartholomew (17th century). In the village square at the Mairie ( Municipal House ) are a Calvaire (18th century) and an indoor Lavoir that once served as well, wash and livestock watering. Additional area attractions include the Mausolée Régional de la Libération on the road to Vauvillers and the Château de Freland on a narrow ledge above a bend of the Coney. It was built in the 19th century as the residence of the owner of the blacksmith works.
Population
With 81 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Ambiévillers one of the smallest municipalities in the department of Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 453 persons were still counted ), only relatively small fluctuations were recorded since the mid- 1970s.
Economy and infrastructure
Ambiévillers has long been a predominantly by agriculture ( farming, viticulture and animal husbandry ) and forestry embossed village. Later, the forge and a glassworks given the economic life of the village. Today, there are some establishments of local small businesses. 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 Vauvillers by Bains- les- Bains. Further road links exist with the Pont -du -Bois and Hennezel.