Auxon, Haute-SaÃ´ne

Auxon, also called Auxon -lès- Vesoul is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Auxon situated at an altitude of 238 m above sea level, about 7 km north of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in the central part of the department, in the north of the basin of Vesoul, the Ruisseau des Fourches in Talniederung of Bâtard.

The area of 12.51 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the pelvic region of Vesoul. The southern part of the area occupied by the wide Talniederung of Bâtard, which is on average 230 m. It has a width of about 1.5 kilometers and is predominantly used for agricultural purposes. Below Auxon takes the right Bâtard of the village stream Ruisseau des Fourches on and drains the area south to Durgeon. In the southeast, the limit is determined by the height of the forest Bois la Dame marks (285 m).

To the north- west the land rises gradually. The plateau is divided by the Talniederung the Ruisseau des Fourches and its tributaries. In the north, the municipality's area extends into the vast forest area of the Bois d' Auxon, in the 339 m, the highest point reached by Auxon. In geological- tectonic terms, the terrain consists of an alternation of sandy- marly and calcareous sediments of the lower Jurassic period.

To Auxon addition to the actual site include several hamlets and farmhouses:

Gressoux (302 m) on the plateau on the southern edge of the Bois d' Auxon
La Postey (277 m ) on the west slope of the Ruisseau des Fourches on the southern edge of the Bois d' Auxon

Neighboring communities of Auxon are Provenchère and Breurey- lès- Faverney in the north, Flagy in the east, and Villeparois Pusy- et- Épenoux in the south and Bougnon in the West.

History

In the Middle Ages Auxon belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. The Archbishop of Besançon placed the Church of Auxon 1216 the priory of Saint- Nicolas du Marteroy in Vesoul. The village was the center of a small rule, which came in response to the house Neuchâtel in the 15th century. Together with the Franche -Comté Auxon came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. To a field change occurred in 1807, when Gressoux (1806: 113 inhabitants) was incorporated into Auxon. Today Auxon is a member of the comprehensive 13 villages municipal association Communauté de communes Agir Ensemble.

Attractions

The village church of Auxon was rebuilt in the 19th century. Next to the church stands a stately home dating from the 16th century with a round tower. Also worth seeing are the Château de Saramboz, the Hermitage Saint -Laurent, a former chapel from the 16th and 17th centuries as well as the covered Lavoir that once served as a laundry and watering cattle. In Gressoux there is another castle.

Population

With 429 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) is Auxon to the smaller communities of the department of Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 449 persons were still counted ), a population growth was recorded since the early 1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Was Auxon until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Today, there are some establishments of local small businesses, including one company of metal construction. In recent decades the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the agglomeration Vesoul.

The village is situated away from the larger passage axes on a secondary road that leads from Vesoul after Conflans -sur- Lanterne. Another road connection with Bougnon.

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

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Vesoul Cantons of France Postal codes in France Conflans-sur-Lanterne Villers-sur-Port

92153