Lantenot

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

Geography

Lantenot situated at an altitude of 315 m above sea level, 7 km north of Lure and about 29 km northeast of the town of Vesoul (air line). The village is located in the eastern part of the department, at the edge of the plain of Luxeuil, both sides of the Lanterne, on the southwestern edge of the Plateau des Mille Étangs.

The area of ​​8.26 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the southwestern Vosges foothills. The southwestern part of the area occupied by the alluvial plain of Luxeuil, which is on average 315 m. It is drained by the Lanterne, which flows through a broad valley, to the west. In Lantenot she takes from the east to the Gravissière. Agricultural land use predominates here. There are also numerous ponds, most of which have been dammed up (partly by monks in the 11th century ) and used for fish farming. Among the largest are the Etang de la Brosse and the Etang de Billieux. From the plane, the peaks of Mont Tatie ( 338 m) and Les Guiottes rise (331 m). The western boundary runs in the forest area of the Bois de Chenorey et des Combes.

To the north- east the land rises on both sides of the Lanterne Valley gradually to the Plateau des Mille Étangs and shows a stronger reliefing. The hills are mostly covered with forest ( Bois de branle and Grands Bois ). With 431 m is quite achieved in the northeast in the Grands Bois, the highest elevation of Lantenot. In geological- tectonic respects the terrain consists of red sandstone of the lower Triassic and partly of crystalline bedrock. To find deposits from the Pleistocene at different locations.

Neighboring communities of Lantenot are Belmont and La Lanterne -et -les- Armonts in the north, Mélisey in the east, Saint- Germain and Linexert in the south and Rignovelle in the West.

History

Remains of Roman traffic route that led to the Upper Rhine Langres, point to a very early inspection and settlement of the area. In the Middle Ages Lantenot 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. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Today Lantenot is a member of the 14 localities comprehensive community association Communauté de communes des Franches - Communes. It belongs to the parish of Saint- Germain and does not have its own church.

Population

With 370 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) is Lantenot to the smaller communities of the department of Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881 457 persons were still counted ), only relatively small fluctuations were recorded since the early 1960s. Only in recent years resulted in a population increase again.

Economy and infrastructure

Lantenot was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ), forestry and fish farming embossed village. Today, there are some establishments of local small businesses, especially in the sectors of agricultural machinery and construction. In recent decades the village has been transformed 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 Luxeuil -les- Bains to Mélisey. Further road links exist with Lure, Saint- Germain, Belmont and Linexert.