Mignavillers

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

Geography

Mignavillers situated at an altitude of 282 m above sea level, 9 km east-northeast of Villers Exel and about 30 km east of the town of Vesoul (air line). The street village extends into the broad Talung the river Scey, on the western edge of the hilly landscape of the Bois de Granges.

The area of 7.59 km ² municipal area includes a portion of the catchment area of the Ognon. From east to west, the area is crossed by the valley of the Scey, which provides for drainage to Ognon. He joins Mignavillers of a narrow, wooded valley to the plains of Villersexel addition. The valley is mainly used for agricultural purposes. To the north- east the land rises gradually to the most wooded plateau of the Bois de Granges that are divided by various erosion valleys. With 444 m find the highest mountains of Mignavillers is achieved. The plateau forms the southwestern continuation of the Vosges and is mainly composed of red sandstone. On the north east, the municipality area extends into the valley of the Ruisseau de Courmont, which lies in the catchment of Scey also.

Neighboring communities of Mignavillers are Morlans -et- Vacheresse Lomont and Faymont in the north, Granges- le -Bourg and Granges- la -Ville in the east, Senargent - Mignafans in the south and Athesans - ETROITEFONTAINE in the West.

History

The territory of Mignavillers was already inhabited in prehistoric times, which could be proven by the remains from the Neolithic period and cemeteries. In the Middle Ages Mignavillers belonged to the rule Granges, which was under the suzerainty of the Counts of Montbéliard. Together with the Franche -Comté reached the village with the Peace of Nijmegen in 1678 definitively to France.

In 1807 merged Mignavillers along with various other places the greater community Granges- le -Bourg. In the cleavage of this large village came Mignavillers 1824 Granges- la -Ville. 1835 was the place his independence back. Since 2000 Mignavillers is a member of the 33- villages municipal association Communauté de communes du Pays de Villers Exel.

Population

With 364 inhabitants (1 January 2011 ) is Mignavillers to the small towns in the Haute- Saône. After the population had decreased significantly in the first half of the 20th century (1881, 595 were still counted ), a population growth was recorded particularly during the 1980s again. Since 1990, however, a downward trend is observed again.

Economy and infrastructure

Mignavillers was until well into the 20th century a predominantly by agriculture (crops, orchards and livestock ) and forestry embossed village. Today there are various operations of local small businesses, particularly in the construction industry. Meanwhile, the village has also changed into a residential community. Many workers are therefore commuters who engage in the larger towns in the area and agglomeration Belfort -Montbéliard their work.

The village is situated away from the larger passage axes on a secondary road that leads from Granges -le- Bourg to Athesans - ETROITEFONTAINE. Another road connection with Senargent - Mignafans.

Commune in the department of Haute- Saône
Place in Franche -Comté

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Lure Cantons of France Postal codes in France Ognon (Franche-Comté) Vosges Mountains Buntsandstein Granges-le-Bourg Granges-la-Ville Autrey-le-Vay Saint-Ferjeux Villafans

571144