Corravillers

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

Geography

Corravillers situated at an altitude of 455 m above sea level, 7 km north-east of Faucogney -et -la -Mer and about 46 km northeast of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in the extreme northeast of the department, in the south-western Vosges, in a valley widening of Breuchin.

The area of 11.20 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the plateau landscape criss-crossed by valleys on the western edge of the Vosges. From east to west, the area is crossed by the valley of the Breuchin, which provides drainage for Lanterne. The flat alluvial plain is on average 450 m and has a maximum width of one kilometer. It is used primarily for agricultural purposes.

The valley of the Breuchin is about 200 m deep sunk into the surrounding plateau. The valley sides are divided by the gullies of various short tributaries of Breuchin. North of the Breuchin Valley, the border on the bottom side of the valley. To the south, the municipality's area extends to the adjacent plateau Esmoulières, part of the Plateau des Mille Étangs. The plateau is a loose structure of forest, grassland, heathland and bogs. It reaches an average height of 660 m. There are numerous small lakes which are mostly natural origin and during the ice age caused by glacial striation. Some of these ponds were also dammed and used for fish farming.

Northeast of Breuchin the Col du Mont de Fourche forms (621 m) the transition in the valley of the Moselle. The border runs along this watershed with the wooded knolls of Bouloye ( 687 m), the Bois des Breuches (703 m ) and the Bois du Murot ( 728 m). In the far east, in the Bois des Ravières, is at 768 m reached the highest elevation of Corravillers. Pass the heights partly from sediments that were deposited during the Lias, partly enters the crystalline bedrock evident in geological- tectonic terms. On the heights and in the valleys of the Quaternary deposits found. The entire municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges.

To Corravillers addition to the actual site includes various hamlets and farmhouses:

Le Petit Corravillers ( 484 m) in the valley of Breuchin
Esfoz (487 m) in the valley of Breuchin
Le Court (625 m) at the northern edge of the plateau of Esmoulières

Neighboring communities of Corravillers are La Rosière and Rupt -sur -Moselle in the north, Ferdrupt in the east, Beulotte -Saint -Laurent and Esmoulières in the south and La Longine in the West.

History

In the Middle Ages Corravillers belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. The local government had held the Lords of Faucogney that could be represented by the noble family of Corravillers. Since the 13th century Corravillers formed a parish. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the place with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Officially called the Municipality of Le Plain -de- Corravillers until 1974, the current nickname has been introduced. Today Corravillers is a member of the 16- villages municipal association Communauté de communes des Mille Étangs.

Attractions

The village church of Corravillers was rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries in classical style. For valuable Interior features include a bas-relief of Nicolas Perrin, furniture and woodwork from the 18th century, richly carved altars with paintings and 14 gilded and painted statuettes ( 18th century). In addition to a former mill on Breuchin is a seat of power.

Population

With 203 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Corravillers one of the small towns in the Haute- Saône. Once the population has consistently had in the first half of the 20th century in the area of 580-650 people, a striking decrease in population was recorded since the early 1960s. Since then, the population has declined by more than 60 %.

Economy and infrastructure

Corravillers has long been a by agriculture ( dairy farming and animal husbandry ), forestry and fish farming embossed village. There were several mills, saw mills and forges. Today, there are some establishments of local small businesses, especially in the sectors of wood processing and precision engineering. Many workers are also 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 Luxeuil -les- Bains via Faucogney -et -la- Mer to Rupt -sur -Moselle. Further road links exist with Servance, La Bresse and La Rosière.

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

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Lure Cantons of France Postal codes in France Vosges Mountains Lanterne river Gully Rupt-sur-Moselle Le Thillot Amont-et-Effreney Sainte-Marie-en-Chanois

203714