Mantoche

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

Geography

Mantoche situated at an altitude of 195 m above sea level, 6 km southwest of Gray and about 38 km east-northeast of the city of Dijon ( straight line ). The village is located in the extreme west of the département, in the plane of Gray, on the west bank of the Saône.

The area of ​​16.58 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the middle Saône Valley. The Saône flows here with large meanders through an approximately 3 km wide Alluvialniederung, which is on average 190 m. It is channeled and developed for Waterway; below Mantoche there is a lock works. The large loop of Mantoche is cut off by a side channel ( Dérivation d' Apremont ). The Saône and their side-channel form the eastern and southern boundaries. The northern boundary is in the range of Soufroide, a right tributary of the Saône. In the valley predominant agricultural use.

From the river, the municipality's area extends westward across the flood plain and a relatively gently rising slope, which is organized by different short little valley, up to the adjacent plateau. This consists of an alternation of calcareous and sandy- marly sediments of the Upper Jurassic and Tertiary. The plateau is mostly covered with forest. On a hilltop in the Bois de Mantoche is achieved with 249 m the highest elevation of Mantoche. On the west of the municipality extends to the bottom of the Talung Ruisseau d' Échalonge, which is dammed here to an elongated pond.

To Mantoche the hamlet Passirey (197 m) is in the valley of Soufroide. Neighboring communities of Mantoche are Nantilly in the north, Gray -la -Ville, Velet and Esmoulins in the east, and Apremont Essertenne -et- Cecey in the south and Autrey- lès-Gray and Poyans in the West.

History

The territory of Mantoche was probably continuously inhabited since the early Neolithic period. In Mantoche two fords were to cross the Saône what the locality early on gave a certain importance. Various finds from the Bronze Age and the Hallstatt period have been excavated. A settlement and the remains of a Gallo- Roman villa ( with mosaics ) are detected from the 1st century AD.

The settlement was destroyed Mantoche 947 of the Hungarians. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Free County of Burgundy and in the territory of the Bailliage d' amont. The local government had initially served the Lords of Autrey, since the 13th century the family Vergy. Also the monastery Theuley had land in Mantoche. In 1569 the village of troops of the Duke of Zweibrücken was affected. Together with the Franche -Comté Mantoche came with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France. Since early 2008, is a member of the Mantoche comprehensive 14 villages municipal association Communauté de communes des Quatre Vallées.

Attractions

The single village church of Mantoche was built from 1716 to 1730 and has an impressive bell tower. In the construction of the Romanesque chapel of Saint-Nicolas of the previous medieval building from the 12th century has been integrated. For the rich interior include a high altar ( 18th century ), various statues from the 17th and 18th centuries as well as a picture of the Madonna ( 18th century). The village is characterized by numerous houses from the 16th to the 18th century, showing the traditional style of the Haute -Saône. Particularly noteworthy is the Maison Davadan with its Renaissance facade. The castle, whose oldest parts date from the 16th century, was extensively restored in 1770.

Population

With 474 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) is Mantoche to the smaller communities of the department of Haute- Saône. The previous high with respect to the number of inhabitants reached Mantoche in 1850 with about 1,050 people. After that, the population took until the mid 20th century significantly. Since the early 1970s, only relatively small fluctuations were recorded.

Economy and infrastructure

Mantoche has long been a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Today there are various companies of small and medium industries, especially in the metal processing, precision engineering and transport industry. 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 room or Gray in the agglomeration of Dijon.

The village has good transport links. It lies on the main road D70, which runs from Gray to Dijon. Through a local bypass road, the center is relieved of through traffic. Further road links exist with Apremont and Nantilly. Mantoche has a station on the railway line from Gray to Saint -Jean -de- Losne.