Beaumotte-lès-Pin

Beaumotte -lès- Pin is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Beaumotte -lès- Pin is located at an altitude of 215 m above sea level, 5 km north-east of Marnay and about 17 km northwest of the city of Besançon (air line). The village extends to the south of the department, in the hollow of the village Bach Doing north of the valley of Ognon, at the southern foot of the Monts de Gy.

The area of ​​8.43 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the lower Ognon Valley. The southern border is always along the Ognon. This flows here with several turns through an alluvial plain, which has a width of one to two kilometers and is on average 210 m. From the river, the municipality's area extends north across the valley to the adjacent plateau, which is composed of Tertiary sediments. The plateau is mainly consisted of arable and meadow land. Sunk into the plateau is the valley of Beaumotte in which the Doing rises in the village in the middle. Continue north passes over an approximately 60 to 80 m high terrain level ( Bois de Plaimont ) to the high surface area of ​​Courcuire in the Monts de Gy. With 351 m is reached on the forest-covered Montmarin the highest elevation of Beaumotte -lès- Pin.

Neighboring communities of Beaumotte -lès- Pin Courcuire are in the north, pin in the east, and Émagny Chevigney -sur- l'Ognon in the south and Brussey and Avrigney - Virey in the West.

History

Several findings indicate that the municipality of Beaumotte -lès- Pin was already inhabited in Gallo- Roman times. Is first mentioned in the year Beaumotte 1180th In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. Together with the Franche -Comté it came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Since 2002 Beaumotte -lès- Pin is a member of the 15 localities municipal association Communauté de communes de la Vallée de l' Ognon.

Attractions

The village church of Saint- Pierre -et -Paul was extensively rebuilt in the 19th century. Only the atrium comes from the earlier church from the 13th century and was incorporated into the construction.

Population

With 252 inhabitants ( 2005) Beaumotte -lès- Pin is one of the small towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 300 people were still counted ), a continuous population growth was recorded since the mid-1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Beaumotte -lès- Pin 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 Besançon.

The village is situated away from the larger passage axes on a secondary road that leads from Marnay by Etuz. The nearest links to the A36 motorway is located at a distance of about 15 km. Further road links exist with pin and Courcuire.