Bouhans-lès-Montbozon

Bouhans -lès- Montbozon is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Bouhans -lès- Montbozon situated at an altitude of 258 m above sea level, about 18 km southeast of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located north of the valley of Ognon, in a hollow of the village Bach Ruisseau de Bouhans, at the edge of the wooded heights of the Bois de Bouhans.

The area of ​​5.15 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the middle Ognon Valley. The south-eastern boundary runs along the Ognon flowing here with various arcs by a roughly one -kilometer-wide valley to the southwest. From the river, the municipality's area extends northwestward across the alluvial plain, which is on average 255 m, down to the valley of the Ruisseau de Bouhans. Further to the north-west the land rises gradually to a plateau, which consists of limestone of the Upper Jurassic time. It is located at about 280 m and is partly under arable and meadow land, partly covered with forest ( Bois du Franois ). A narrow strip extends into the forest heights of the Bois de Bouhans. Here the highest elevation of Bouhans -lès- Montbozon is achieved with 341 m.

Neighboring communities of Bouhans -lès- Montbozon are Dampierre -sur- Linotte in the north, and Cognières Montagney - Servigney in the east, the south and Thiénans Fontenois -lès- Montbozon in the West.

History

Several findings indicate that the municipality of Bouhans been inhabited since the Neolithic period and during the Gallo- Roman period. Written mention of the village is in 1239th Bouhans belonged in the Middle Ages to the County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. The ecclesiastical supremacy was up to the chapter of Besançon. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Since 2000 Bouhans -lès- Montbozon is a member of the comprehensive 21 villages municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays de Montbozon.

Attractions

The attractions of Bouhans -lès- Montbozon include various houses from the 17th to the 19th century in the traditional style of the Haute -Saône, a stately home in the 19th century, and the covered Lavoir (wells and wash-house ), the mid-19th century was built.

Population

With 118 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) Bouhans -lès- Montbozon 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 (1891 172 persons were still counted ), a slight population growth was recorded since the early 1980s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Bouhans -lès- Montbozon was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Outside of the primary sector, there are very few jobs in the village. Meanwhile, the site has also changed 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, leading from Montbozon after Esprels. Another road connection with Fontenois -lès- Montbozon.