Écromagny

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

Geography

Écromagny situated at an altitude of 477 m above sea level, 14 km east-southeast of Luxeuil -les- Bains and about 36 km northeast of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in the northeastern part of the department, in the western foothills of the Vosges, on the Plateau des Mille Étangs.

The area of ​​6.80 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the plateau landscape on the western edge of the Vosges. The area occupied by a plateau, which belongs to the Plateau des Mille Étangs. The existing part of crystalline bedrock, partly from the lower Triassic sandstone plateau was formed by glaciers during the ice ages. The landscape is therefore divided into peaks and troughs. It shows a loose structure of pastures and woodlands, heaths and moors. In hollows are numerous small lakes which are mostly natural origin and during the ice age caused by glacial striation. Some ponds have been created by the monks since the 11th century for fish farming or jammed up. The largest pond on the church floor are the Etang Pellevin, the Etang le Long Faing and the Etang des Gouttes.

The northern boundary form the forest heights of Rang du Cote and Cote Meixner. With 492 m find the highest mountains of Écromagny is achieved. In the woods northeast of the village of Ruisseau de Chevigney springs ( in the further course Ruisseau de la Mer ), which flows to the south and gradually eintieft with his Alluvialniederung in the plateau. The 500 m wide floodplain marked sections, the eastern boundary. The entire municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Ballons des Vosges.

To Écromagny include various farmsteads, including Les Noies Jean ( 454 m) east of the Pond le Long Faing. Neighboring communities of La Écromagny are Voivre and Faucogney -et -la -Mer in the north, Ternuay - Melay -et -Saint -Hilaire in the east, Mélisey in the south and La Lanterne -et -les- Armonts in the West.

History

In the Middle Ages Écromagny 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. The monastery Lure had here since the 15th century, several ponds. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France.

Attractions

The village church of Écromagny was built in 1844 and houses a statue of St. Martin in the 15th or 16th century and a painting of the Resurrection of Christ ( 19th century). Additional attractions include a house with turrets (16th century) and various farmhouses dating from the 17th to the 19th century, showing the traditional style of the south-western Vosges.

Population

With 177 inhabitants (2007 ) Écromagny one of the small towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1886 373 persons were still counted ), only relatively small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1970s.

Economy and infrastructure

Écromagny is still a predominantly by agriculture (especially livestock and dairy industry, besides also farming and fruit growing ), forestry and fish farming embossed village. Outside of the primary sector, there are few jobs in town. Some employed persons 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 Mélisey after Faucogney -et -la -Mer. Further road links exist with Melay and La Lanterne.