Dampierre-sur-Linotte

Dampierre -sur- Linotte is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.

Geography

Dampierre -sur- Linotte situated at an altitude of 260 m above sea level, approximately 13 km south-southeast of the town of Vesoul (air line). The scattered village extends into the wide valley of the river valley north Linotte Ognon, between the forest heights of the Bois de la Cote in the east and the Grand Bois de Dampierre in the north.

The area of ​​32.48 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the undulating landscape between the river valleys of the south and Ognon Saône in the northwest. The central part of the area is traversed in northeast-southwest direction from the broad trough of the Linotte, which is on average 260 m. The approximately one kilometer- wide valley consists of alluvial soils and is used for agriculture.

Flanked the valley of Linotte on both sides of the plateau-like hills that are passed partly under arable and meadow land, partly by forest. To the east of the valley the land rises to the plateaus of the Bois de la Cote (325 m ) and the Bois du Petit Pas ( to 340 m ), which are divided by the valley furrows of the headwaters of the Linotte. This section of the terrain consists of limestone of the Upper Jurassic time. West of Linotte Valley occur limestones of the Middle Jurassic period revealed. Here, the plateau of the Bois de la Bouloie (318 m) and the expanded Grand Bois de Dampierre located (361 m). There are no surface watercourses, because the rainwater seeps into the karst underground. In the north the municipality area reaches to the hills of the Montcuchot, on the 393 m the highest elevation of Dampierre -sur- Linotte is achieved.

At Dampierre -sur- Linotte addition to the actual site include various hamlets and settlements of, including:

• Trevey (290 m) on a terrace on the eastern side of the valley Linotte
• Presle (270 m) in the basin at the confluence of the Ruisseau des Grouvots and Linotte
• Les Gillots (278 m) at the western foot of the Bois de la Cote
• Les Marmet (282 m) south of the Montcuchot

Neighboring communities of Dampierre -sur- Linotte are Neurey -lès -la- Demie, Villers -le- Sec and Noroy -le- Bourg in the north, Vallerois -le- Bois, Chassey -lès- Montbozon, Thief Frans and Cognières in the east, Bouhans - lès- Montbozon and Fontenois -lès- Montbozon in the south and Vy- lès- Filain Filain and in the West.

History

The Valley of Linotte was probably already inhabited at the time of the Merovingians. On January 23, 840 villagers killed an Irish monk from the monastery of Luxeuil, the vorbeizog here. He was later called Saint- Maimboeuf. The place name appears as de domni Petra in 1183 for the first time in the documents. Are from a later period Dampna Petra ( 1275 ), Dampiere (1280 ) and finally Dampierre (1406) survived. Dampierre is the name Domnus ( Lord, even saint) and Peter, which a parish is meant, which is under the protection of St. Peter.

In the Middle Ages Dampierre belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. Probably was here since the 13th century, a house of the Knights Templar. During the Thirty Years' War, the town was ravaged and destroyed by Swedish troops. Together with the Franche -Comté Dampierre came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Since the time of the French Revolution it was known as Dampierre- lès- Montbozon. 1879, the community was officially renamed in Dampierre -sur- Linotte. To a field change occurred in 1972 when the previously independent municipalities Presle (1968: 117 inhabitants ) and Trevey (1968: 41 inhabitants) merged with Dampierre -sur- Linotte. Since 2000, Dampierre -sur- Linotte Member of the comprehensive 21 villages municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays de Montbozon.

Attractions

The Church of Dampierre -sur- Linotte was newly built in 1853 on the site of an earlier building. It has rich collection of furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries, a wooden crucifix from the 14th century and the stone statue of Saint- Maimboeuf from the 13th century. North of the church stands the Fountain Saint- Maimboeuf. From 1862 the church of Saint -Pierre of Presle comes with a stone cross (17th century) and two statues from the 18th century. The small chapel of Notre- Dame de l' Assomption in the hamlet Trevey was built in 1732.

Population

With 725 inhabitants ( 2007), Dampierre -sur- Linotte to the small towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 907 persons were still counted ), a slight population growth was recorded since the early 1970s again.

Economy and infrastructure

Dampierre -sur- Linotte was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. In addition, there are now various operations of small businesses, especially in the sectors of wood processing, precision engineering and packaging industries. Meanwhile, the village 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 that leads from Montbozon after Vallerois -le -Bois. Further road links exist with Vesoul, Vy- lès- Filain and Cognières.