Chassey-lès-Montbozon

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

Geography

Chassey -lès- Montbozon situated at an altitude of 260 m above sea level, about 18 km southeast of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located at the northern edge of the valley of Ognon, at the edge of the wooded heights of the Bois de Chassey.

The area of ​​15.60 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the middle Ognon Valley. The southern border is always along the Ognon as it flows with different arcs by about one kilometer wide valley to the west. From the river, the municipality's area extends northward over the alluvial plain, which is on average 255 m and is used mainly for agricultural purposes. Further north, follows an undulating landscape that is divided by the lowlands of the Ruisseau de Chassey and its headwaters. Almost the entire northern part of the municipality area is forested and includes the summit of Mont Jésus (350 m ) and the heights of the Bois de Moustier and the Bois de Chassey. These hills consist of limestone of the Upper Jurassic time. In the extreme north is achieved on the Montaigu with 408 m the highest elevation of Chassey -lès- Montbozon.

To Chassey -lès- Montbozon include two hamlet settlements and various individual farms:

• La Forge de Bonnal (254 m) in the valley of the Ognon
• La Maison du Vau (345 m) on a plateau between the forests Bois de Chassey and Bois du Petit Pas

Neighboring communities of Chassey -lès- Montbozon are Vallerois -le- Bois in the north, Esprels and Pont -sur- l'Ognon in the east, and Bonnal Tressandans in the south and Thief Frans and Dampierre -sur- Linotte in the West.

History

The territory of Chassey -lès- Montbozon was settled very early. The first evidence of human presence date back to the Neolithic period. From Gallo-Roman wall foundations and several relics are preserved. From archaeological importance are the remains of an early Christian church from the Merovingian time.

Is first mentioned Chassey in 1183 under the name Chace; of 1406, the name Chacey is preserved. The place name comes from the Latin personal name Cassius and means something like estate of Cassius. In the Middle Ages Chassey formed its own rule. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Since the 17th century there were in La Forge in the blast furnace and several forges. The blast furnace, however, was decommissioned in 1840 and the forging abandoned some 20 years later, whereupon the settlement fell apart partially.

By decree, the previously autonomous community of La Maison du Vau was incorporated into Chassey on March 31, 1806. Here was formerly a grange of the Knights Templar. Since 2000 Chassey -lès- Montbozon is a member of the comprehensive 21 villages municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays de Montbozon.

Attractions

The church of Saint - Gengoul was built from 1750 to 1759 and has a bell from 1767, which is classified as a monument historique. From the 18th century, the Château dates. Nearby is a Calvaire, which was built in the 17th century. Additional area attractions include two wells: the Fontaine du Haut (1896 ), which served as a laundry and livestock watering, and the Fontaine du Bas from 1802, which was covered later.

Population

With 218 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Chassey -lès- Montbozon is one of the small towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 485 persons were still counted ), only small fluctuations were recorded since the mid- 1960s.

Economy and infrastructure

Chassey -lès- Montbozon was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are now several companies of small and medium enterprises, mainly in the fields of precision engineering and manufacturing of agricultural machinery. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are commuters who engage in the larger towns in the vicinity of their work. Of the former sand pits in the valley of Ognon witness several lakes that are now considered an amusement park (water sports, sandy beaches) belong.

The village is situated away from the larger passage axes on a secondary road, leading from Montbozon after Esprels. Another road connection with Bonnal.