Baulay

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

Geography

Baulay situated at an altitude of 219 m above sea level, 9 km south-east of Jussey and about 22 km northwest of the city of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in the central part of the department, in the valley east of the Saone, opposite Fouchécourt.

The area of 8.22 km ² municipal area includes a portion in the region of the upper Saônetals. The western border is always along the Saone, which flows here through a Alluvialniederung south. The valley is on average 215 m and has a width of about two kilometers wide. The river is expanded to the waterway and has at Baulay a boat dock.

From the river, the municipality's area extends eastward across the alluvial plain, which is used predominantly agricultural until the adjacent wooded heights, which consist of an alternation of sandy- marly and calcareous sediments of the lower Jurassic period ( Lias ). With 292 m is reached on the wooded hilltop north of the village is the highest elevation of Baulay. The area is bounded by two left tributaries of the Saône, on the north by the Ruisseau de Révillon on the south by the Superbe. In the far east of the municipality of soil ranges on the slopes of the Haut de Gilet (259 m).

Neighboring communities of Baulay are Montureux -lès- Baulay and Buffignécourt in the north, Amance in the east, and Faverney Purgerot in the south and Fouchécourt in the West.

History

Is first mentioned Baulay in 1297th In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. 1595 the place was sacked by troops under Tremblecourt and again destroyed during the Thirty Years' War. Together with the Franche -Comté Baulay came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Today Baulay is a member of the 16- villages municipal association Communauté de communes de la Saône Jolie.

Attractions

The village church of Baulay was built in the 18th century. The cemetery chapel dates from the 19th century and has an altar of 1677 and a Madonna statue from the 17th century. In the village square is a circular fountain with a mighty obelisk.

Population

With 332 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Baulay one of the smaller towns in the Haute- Saône. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the area of 410-570 people, a continuous decline in population was recorded since the early 1960s. Since then, the population number by around 40%.

Economy and infrastructure

Baulay was 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. In recent decades the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the larger towns in the area and agglomeration in Vesoul.

The village is situated away from the larger passage axes near a secondary road that leads from Amance after Gevigney. Further road links exist with Amoncourt, Buffignécourt and Fouchécourt. Through the municipal area in 1858 opened the railway line runs from Vesoul to Langres.

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

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Vesoul Cantons of France Postal codes in France Alluvium

108872