Magny-Danigon
Magny- Danigon is a commune in Haute -Saône in the Franche -Comté.
Geography
Magny- Danigon situated at an altitude of 310 m above sea level, 8 km east of Lure and about 20 km west of the town of Belfort ( a straight line ). The village is located in the eastern part of the department, in a small valley near the source of Rognon, at the western foot of the heights of the Chérimont.
The area of 7.52 km ² municipal area comprises a section in the rolling countryside of southeast of the level of Lure. The southern part of the area occupied by the basin of the Rognon, which provides for drainage to the southwest via the Scey to Ognon. The Alluvialniederung is on average 310 m and has a width of around 500 meters. The Rognon as well as its tributaries are dammed at several locations to fish ponds ( Etang la Dame, Etang du Bois ). This area is used primarily for agricultural purposes. In geological- tectonic respect, there is this part of an alternation of calcareous and sandy- marly sediments that were deposited during the Lias ( Lower Jurassic ).
The western boundary is the Grove La Noye Jeannin. To the north, the terrain gradually rises to the heights of the forest Bois Communal and the Bois de la Nanue. With 463 m is reached on the western slope of the Chérimont the highest elevation of Magny- Danigon. The ridge is made up of red sandstone of the Lower Triassic. He falls to the north with several projections and Talnischen more steeply down to the wide valley at the foot of the Vosges Rahin. The municipal area does not extend all the way to the Rahin, but only to its southern tributary Beuveroux, which marks the northern border.
Neighboring communities of Magny- Danigon are Ronchamp in the north, Champagney in the east, Clairegoutte, Andornay and Palante in the south and La Côte in the West.
History
Magny- Danigon is mentioned in a document dannegon in 1350 under the name Meingni. From a later time are the names Magny d' Anagon ( 1427), Magny danagon (1502 ), Maingny dannegon ( 1553) and Magny damphugon ( 1622) survived. The settlement arose around a castle that was built by Hugues of Burgundy. In the Middle Ages Magny- Danigon belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. In 1304 the place came to rule Étobon and to the County of Montbéliard. Magny- Danigon was annexed in 1674 by the French king.
Already in the 18th century, Magny- Danigon became an important mining and commercial location. Here was a tannery, two tool forging, four nail forging, pottery, a coal mine and gypsum mining. The coal mine ( Houillères de Ronchamp ) was in operation until 1958. The shaft Arthur de Buyer at that time was 1010 m, the deepest France. Today Magny- Danigon is a member of the comprehensive 22 villages municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays de Lure.
Attractions
The church of Magny- Danigon was rebuilt in the 19th century on the site of an earlier church. Additional area attractions include the fountain in the village square and the ruins of the former coal mine.
Population
With 459 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) Magny- Danigon one of the smaller towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly since about 1930 (1931 705 persons were still counted ), a population growth was recorded since the early 1990s again.
Economy and infrastructure
Magny- Danigon was early an embossed mainly by industry and the coal mining village. Today there are various companies of small and medium enterprises, mainly in the sectors of construction and plastics industries. There is also a pottery studio. In recent decades the village has been transformed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who do their work in the larger towns in the area and in the agglomeration of Belfort -Montbéliard.
The village is situated away from the larger passage axes on a secondary road that leads from La Côte after Clairegoutte. Another road connection with Ronchamp.